diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_tests.yml
index 1780c4a..21ca28c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_tests.yml
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ jobs:
             experimental: false
           - label: 'Puppet 8.x'
             puppet_version: '~> 8.0'
-            ruby_version: 3.1
-            experimental: true
+            ruby_version: '3.2'
+            experimental: false
       fail-fast: false
     env:
       PUPPET_VERSION: ${{matrix.puppet.puppet_version}}
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index ad4728c..1b21aa4 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+#
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#         NOTICE: **This file is maintained with puppetsync**
+#
+# This file is automatically updated as part of a puppet module baseline.
+# The next baseline sync will overwrite any local changes made to this file.
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 require 'puppetlabs_spec_helper/module_spec_helper'
 require 'rspec-puppet'
 require 'simp/rspec-puppet-facts'
@@ -7,32 +16,31 @@
 
 # RSpec Material
 fixture_path = File.expand_path(File.join(__FILE__, '..', 'fixtures'))
-module_name = File.basename(File.expand_path(File.join(__FILE__,'../..')))
-
-# Add fixture lib dirs to LOAD_PATH. Work-around for PUP-3336
-if Puppet.version < "4.0.0"
-  Dir["#{fixture_path}/modules/*/lib"].entries.each do |lib_dir|
-    $LOAD_PATH << lib_dir
-  end
-end
-
+module_name = File.basename(File.expand_path(File.join(__FILE__, '../..')))
 
-if !ENV.key?( 'TRUSTED_NODE_DATA' )
-  warn '== WARNING: TRUSTED_NODE_DATA is unset, using TRUSTED_NODE_DATA=yes'
-  ENV['TRUSTED_NODE_DATA']='yes'
+if ENV['PUPPET_DEBUG']
+  Puppet::Util::Log.level = :debug
+  Puppet::Util::Log.newdestination(:console)
 end
 
-default_hiera_config =<<-EOM
+default_hiera_config = <<~HIERA_CONFIG
 ---
-:backends:
-  - "yaml"
-:yaml:
-  :datadir: "stub"
-:hierarchy:
-  - "%{custom_hiera}"
-  - "%{module_name}"
-  - "default"
-EOM
+version: 5
+hierarchy:
+  - name: SIMP Compliance Engine
+    lookup_key: compliance_markup::enforcement
+    options:
+      enabled_sce_versions: [2]
+  - name: Custom Test Hiera
+    path: "%{custom_hiera}.yaml"
+  - name: "%{module_name}"
+    path: "%{module_name}.yaml"
+  - name: Common
+    path: default.yaml
+defaults:
+  data_hash: yaml_data
+  datadir: "stub"
+HIERA_CONFIG
 
 # This can be used from inside your spec tests to set the testable environment.
 # You can use this to stub out an ENC.
@@ -70,36 +78,36 @@ def set_hieradata(hieradata)
   RSpec.configure { |c| c.default_facts['custom_hiera'] = hieradata }
 end
 
-if not File.directory?(File.join(fixture_path,'hieradata')) then
-  FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.join(fixture_path,'hieradata'))
+unless File.directory?(File.join(fixture_path, 'hieradata'))
+  FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.join(fixture_path, 'hieradata'))
 end
 
-if not File.directory?(File.join(fixture_path,'modules',module_name)) then
-  FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.join(fixture_path,'modules',module_name))
+unless File.directory?(File.join(fixture_path, 'modules', module_name))
+  FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.join(fixture_path, 'modules', module_name))
 end
 
 RSpec.configure do |c|
   # If nothing else...
   c.default_facts = {
-    :production => {
+    production: {
       #:fqdn           => 'production.rspec.test.localdomain',
-      :path           => '/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin',
-      :concat_basedir => '/tmp'
+      path: '/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin',
+      concat_basedir: '/tmp'
     }
   }
 
   c.mock_framework = :rspec
-  c.mock_with :mocha
+  c.mock_with :rspec
 
   c.module_path = File.join(fixture_path, 'modules')
   c.manifest_dir = File.join(fixture_path, 'manifests') if c.respond_to?(:manifest_dir)
 
-  c.hiera_config = File.join(fixture_path,'hieradata','hiera.yaml')
+  c.hiera_config = File.join(fixture_path, 'hieradata', 'hiera.yaml')
 
   # Useless backtrace noise
   backtrace_exclusion_patterns = [
-    /spec_helper/,
-    /gems/
+    %r{spec_helper},
+    %r{gems},
   ]
 
   if c.respond_to?(:backtrace_exclusion_patterns)
@@ -108,34 +116,44 @@ def set_hieradata(hieradata)
     c.backtrace_clean_patterns = backtrace_exclusion_patterns
   end
 
+  # rubocop:disable RSpec/BeforeAfterAll
   c.before(:all) do
-    data = YAML.load(default_hiera_config)
-    data[:yaml][:datadir] = File.join(fixture_path, 'hieradata')
+    data = YAML.safe_load(default_hiera_config)
+    data.each_key do |key|
+      next unless data[key].is_a?(Hash)
+
+      if data[key][:datadir] == 'stub'
+        data[key][:datadir] = File.join(fixture_path, 'hieradata')
+      elsif data[key]['datadir'] == 'stub'
+        data[key]['datadir'] = File.join(fixture_path, 'hieradata')
+      end
+    end
 
     File.open(c.hiera_config, 'w') do |f|
       f.write data.to_yaml
     end
   end
+  # rubocop:enable RSpec/BeforeAfterAll
 
   c.before(:each) do
     @spec_global_env_temp = Dir.mktmpdir('simpspec')
 
     if defined?(environment)
       set_environment(environment)
-      FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.join(@spec_global_env_temp,environment.to_s))
+      FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.join(@spec_global_env_temp, environment.to_s))
     end
 
     # ensure the user running these tests has an accessible environmentpath
+    Puppet[:digest_algorithm] = 'sha256'
     Puppet[:environmentpath] = @spec_global_env_temp
     Puppet[:user] = Etc.getpwuid(Process.uid).name
     Puppet[:group] = Etc.getgrgid(Process.gid).name
-    Puppet[:digest_algorithm] = 'sha256'
 
     # sanitize hieradata
     if defined?(hieradata)
-      set_hieradata(hieradata.gsub(':','_'))
+      set_hieradata(hieradata.gsub(':', '_'))
     elsif defined?(class_name)
-      set_hieradata(class_name.gsub(':','_'))
+      set_hieradata(class_name.gsub(':', '_'))
     end
   end
 
@@ -149,7 +167,7 @@ def set_hieradata(hieradata)
 Dir.glob("#{RSpec.configuration.module_path}/*").each do |dir|
   begin
     Pathname.new(dir).realpath
-  rescue
-    fail "ERROR: The module '#{dir}' is not installed. Tests cannot continue."
+  rescue StandardError
+    raise "ERROR: The module '#{dir}' is not installed. Tests cannot continue."
   end
 end