diff --git a/playbooks/run-beaker-tests.yaml b/playbooks/run-beaker-tests.yaml
index a85fd101e..c1e28e0d7 100644
--- a/playbooks/run-beaker-tests.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/run-beaker-tests.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
       shell:
         cmd: |
           trap "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/workspace/openstack/puppet-openstack-integration/copy_logs.sh" EXIT
+          if [ "{{ puppet_gem_version }}" != "latest" ]; then
+            export PUPPET_GEM_VERSION='~> {{ puppet_gem_version }}'
+          fi
           export BEAKER_PUPPET_COLLECTION=puppet5
           export BEAKER_set=nodepool-{{ nodepool_type }}
           export BEAKER_debug=yes
diff --git a/playbooks/run-libraries-beaker-tests.yaml b/playbooks/run-libraries-beaker-tests.yaml
index ea458a59c..25e00ef78 100644
--- a/playbooks/run-libraries-beaker-tests.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/run-libraries-beaker-tests.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
           set -e
           set -x
           trap "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/workspace/openstack/puppet-openstack-integration/copy_logs.sh" EXIT
+          if [ "{{ puppet_gem_version }}" != "latest" ]; then
+            export PUPPET_GEM_VERSION='~> {{ puppet_gem_version }}'
+          fi
           export BEAKER_PUPPET_COLLECTION=puppet5
           export BEAKER_set=nodepool-{{ nodepool_type }}
           ./run_beaker_tests.sh
diff --git a/zuul.d/base.yaml b/zuul.d/base.yaml
index 787786328..1be6a9e47 100644
--- a/zuul.d/base.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/base.yaml
@@ -184,3 +184,4 @@
     voting: false
     vars:
       nodepool_type: bionic
+      puppet_gem_version: latest
diff --git a/zuul.d/beaker.yaml b/zuul.d/beaker.yaml
index 6c15ac0d1..1823eb85e 100644
--- a/zuul.d/beaker.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/beaker.yaml
@@ -51,3 +51,4 @@
       - ^.gitignore$
     vars:
       nodepool_type: bionic
+      puppet_gem_version: latest