diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 4209cee3a..402ce79b9 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -167,3 +167,6 @@ PDK/FileUtilsRemoveEntrySecure:
   Exclude:
     - lib/pdk/util/filesystem.rb
     - spec/acceptance/**/*.rb
+
+RSpec/SharedExamples:
+  Enabled: false
diff --git a/package-testing/Gemfile b/package-testing/Gemfile
index ec3c2bd39..4109fe77e 100644
--- a/package-testing/Gemfile
+++ b/package-testing/Gemfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ source ENV.fetch('GEM_SOURCE', nil) || 'https://rubygems.org'
 
 gem 'beaker', '~> 4.39'
 gem 'beaker-abs', '~> 0.11.0'
-gem 'beaker-hostgenerator', '~> 1.18.1'
+gem 'beaker-hostgenerator', '~> 2.2.0'
 gem 'beaker-puppet', '= 1.29.0'
 gem 'beaker-rspec', '= 7.1.0'
 gem 'beaker-vmpooler', '= 1.4.0'
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ gem 'rake'
 gem 'win32-security', require: false if File::ALT_SEPARATOR
 
 group :development do
-  gem 'pry-byebug', '~> 3.4'
+  gem 'pry'
+  gem 'pry-stack_explorer'
 end
diff --git a/package-testing/config/options.rb b/package-testing/config/options.rb
index 9509bd085..fbf28634e 100644
--- a/package-testing/config/options.rb
+++ b/package-testing/config/options.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   ssh: {
-    # keys: ['~/.ssh/id_rsa-acceptance'],
+    keys: ['~/.ssh/id_rsa-acceptance'],
     verify_host_key: :never
   },
   preserve_hosts: 'onfail',
diff --git a/package-testing/spec/package/update_module_spec.rb b/package-testing/spec/package/update_module_spec.rb
index e6fa193cb..8b74c2d81 100644
--- a/package-testing/spec/package/update_module_spec.rb
+++ b/package-testing/spec/package/update_module_spec.rb
@@ -3,15 +3,13 @@
 require 'json'
 
 modules = [
-  'puppetlabs/puppetlabs-motd',
-  'puppetlabs/puppetlabs-concat',
-  'puppetlabs/puppetlabs-inifile'
+  'puppetlabs/puppetlabs-motd'
 ]
 
 describe 'Updating an existing module' do
   modules.each do |mod|
     context "when updating #{mod}" do
-      metadata = JSON.parse(open("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/#{mod}/main/metadata.json").read)
+      metadata = JSON.parse(URI.open("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/#{mod}/main/metadata.json").read)
       metadata['template-url'] = 'pdk-default#main'
       repo_dir = File.join(home_dir, metadata['name'])
 
@@ -24,7 +22,7 @@
           module_dir = File.join(home_dir(true), metadata['name'])
           create_remote_file(get_working_node, File.join(module_dir, 'metadata.json'), metadata.to_json)
 
-          sync_yaml = YAML.safe_load(open("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/#{mod}/main/.sync.yml").read)
+          sync_yaml = YAML.safe_load(URI.open("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/#{mod}/main/.sync.yml").read)
 
           sync_yaml['Gemfile'].each_key do |gem_type|
             next unless sync_yaml['Gemfile'][gem_type].respond_to?(:each_key)
@@ -53,7 +51,7 @@
           subject { super().stdout.split("\n") }
 
           it 'does not output any unexpected errors' do
-            expect(subject).to all(match(/\((?:info|warning|error)\): (?:puppet-lint|rubocop|task-metadata-lint|task-name|puppet-epp)/i))
+            expect(subject).to all(match(/\((?:convention|info|warning|error)\): (?:puppet-lint|rubocop|task-metadata-lint|task-name|puppet-epp)/i))
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/package-testing/spec/package/version_selection_spec.rb b/package-testing/spec/package/version_selection_spec.rb
index 386a84e0b..9482b80d0 100644
--- a/package-testing/spec/package/version_selection_spec.rb
+++ b/package-testing/spec/package/version_selection_spec.rb
@@ -3,12 +3,8 @@
 describe 'Test puppet & ruby version selection' do
   module_name = 'version_selection'
   test_cases = [
-    { envvar: 'PDK_PUPPET_VERSION', version: '6.29.0', expected_puppet: '6.29', expected_ruby: '2.5.9' },
-    { envvar: 'PDK_PUPPET_VERSION', version: '7.23.0', expected_puppet: '7.23', expected_ruby: '2.7.7' },
-    # PE should now map to the latest Puppet version relative to the PE version
-    { envvar: 'PDK_PE_VERSION', version: '2019.8.7', expected_puppet: '6.29', expected_ruby: '2.5.9' },
-    { envvar: 'PDK_PE_VERSION', version: '2021.7.0', expected_puppet: '7.23', expected_ruby: '2.7.7' },
-    { envvar: 'PDK_PE_VERSION', version: '2021.7.1', expected_puppet: '7.23', expected_ruby: '2.7.7' }
+    { envvar: 'PDK_PUPPET_VERSION', version: '7.24.0', expected_puppet: '7.24.0', expected_ruby: '2.7.8' },
+    { envvar: 'PDK_PUPPET_VERSION', version: '8.0.1', expected_puppet: '8.0.1', expected_ruby: '3.2.2' }
   ]
 
   before(:all) do
@@ -16,17 +12,12 @@
   end
 
   test_cases.each do |test_case|
-    slug = test_case[:envvar] == 'PDK_PE_VERSION' ? 'PE' : 'Puppet'
-
-    context "Select #{slug} #{test_case[:version]}" do
+    context "Select Puppet #{test_case[:version]}" do
       let(:env) { { test_case[:envvar] => test_case[:version] } }
       let(:cwd) { module_name }
 
-      let(:expected_puppets) do
-        gemspecs = shell("find #{install_dir(true)} -name 'puppet-#{test_case[:expected_puppet]}.*.gemspec'")
-        puppet_versions = gemspecs.stdout.lines.map { |r| r[/puppet-([\d.]+)(-.+?)?\.gemspec\Z/, 1] }
-        puppet_versions.map { |r| Regexp.escape(r) }.join('|')
-      end
+      let(:expected_puppet) { Regexp.escape(test_case[:expected_puppet]) }
+      let(:expected_ruby) { Regexp.escape(test_case[:expected_ruby]) }
 
       describe command('rm Gemfile.lock; pdk bundle update --local') do
         its(:exit_status) { is_expected.to eq(0) }
@@ -34,14 +25,14 @@
 
       describe command('pdk bundle exec puppet --version') do
         its(:exit_status) { is_expected.to eq(0) }
-        its(:stderr) { is_expected.to match(/using puppet (#{expected_puppets})/im) }
-        its(:stdout) { is_expected.to match(/^(#{expected_puppets})$/im) }
+        its(:stderr) { is_expected.to match(/using puppet (#{expected_puppet})/im) }
+        its(:stdout) { is_expected.to match(/^(#{expected_puppet})*/im) }
       end
 
       describe command('pdk bundle exec ruby --version') do
         its(:exit_status) { is_expected.to eq(0) }
-        its(:stderr) { is_expected.to match(/using ruby #{Regexp.escape(test_case[:expected_ruby])}[.0-9]*/im) }
-        its(:stdout) { is_expected.to match(/^ruby #{Regexp.escape(test_case[:expected_ruby])}[.0-9]*p/im) }
+        its(:stderr) { is_expected.to match(/using ruby #{expected_ruby}*/im) }
+        its(:stdout) { is_expected.to match(/^(#{expected_ruby})*/im) }
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/package-testing/spec/spec_helper_package.rb b/package-testing/spec/spec_helper_package.rb
index 8bcc2c9ed..553dac0c3 100644
--- a/package-testing/spec/spec_helper_package.rb
+++ b/package-testing/spec/spec_helper_package.rb
@@ -3,12 +3,17 @@
 
 Dir['./spec/package/support/*.rb'].sort.each { |f| require f }
 
-RSpec.shared_context 'set path' do
-  let(:path) { windows_node? ? nil : "#{install_dir}/bin:$PATH" }
-end
+include SpecUtils # rubocop:disable Style/MixinUsage
 
 set :env, PDK_DISABLE_ANALYTICS: 'true'
 
+bin_path = SpecUtils.windows_node? ? 'bin$PATH' : 'bin:$PATH'
+set :path, "#{SpecUtils.install_dir}/#{bin_path}"
+
+hosts.each do |host|
+  install_pdk_on(host)
+end
+
 RSpec.configure do |c|
   c.include SpecUtils
   c.extend SpecUtils
@@ -19,8 +24,6 @@
     end
   end
 
-  c.include_context :set_path
-
   # rubocop:disable RSpec/BeforeAfterAll
   c.before(:all) do
     RSpec.configuration.logger.log_level = :warn