diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 370a9b79f..14bdb4c40 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 end
 ENV["STATSD_USE_NEW_CLIENT"] ||= "1" # support forwards compatibility with v3.0
 
+ENV["MT_COMPAT"] = "1" # https://github.com/minitest/minitest/issues/960#issuecomment-1654059209
+
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.expand_path('../../lib', __FILE__))
 require 'krane'
 require 'kubeclient'