diff --git a/config_defaults.yml b/config_defaults.yml
index 1a7f16239bc014f26ae343558cfa5c1e13d1977b..380e9858aa236b1f2ad324d47bd9371ee3a2907f 100644
--- a/config_defaults.yml
+++ b/config_defaults.yml
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ Gemfile:
       - gem: 'puppet-strings'
         version: '~> 4.0'
       - gem: 'puppetlabs_spec_helper'
-        version: '~> 6.0'
+        version: '~> 7.0'
     ':system_tests':
       - gem: 'puppet_litmus'
         version: