diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ea113b0c..35b7f7c3 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ group :system_tests do
   gem "serverspec", '~> 2.41',    require: false
 end
 
+group :release_prep do
+  gem 'puppet-strings', '~> 4.0',         require: false
+  gem "puppetlabs_spec_helper", '~> 5.0', require: false
+end
+
 puppet_version = ENV['PUPPET_GEM_VERSION']
 facter_version = ENV['FACTER_GEM_VERSION']
 hiera_version = ENV['HIERA_GEM_VERSION']