diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 0355afcd1..4679cce5c 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ gemspec
 CURRENT_RAILS_VERSION = "7.1"
 rails_version = ENV.fetch("RAILS_VERSION", CURRENT_RAILS_VERSION)
 
-gem "minitest"
+gem "minitest", "< 5.25.0" # minitest 5.25.0+ is incompatible with minitest-hooks
 gem "minitest-hooks"
 gem "minitest-reporters"
 gem "debug"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index ca1fa2e21..0f730473e 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   json_api_client
   kramdown (~> 2.4)
   kredis
-  minitest
+  minitest (< 5.25.0)
   minitest-hooks
   minitest-reporters
   mutex_m