diff --git a/core/rational/coerce_spec.rb b/core/rational/coerce_spec.rb
index 9c0f05829..bba0c810c 100644
--- a/core/rational/coerce_spec.rb
+++ b/core/rational/coerce_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 require_relative "../../spec_helper"
-require_relative '../../shared/rational/coerce'
 
-describe "Rational#coerce" do
-  it_behaves_like :rational_coerce, :coerce
+ruby_version_is ""..."3.4" do
+  require_relative '../../shared/rational/coerce'
+
+  describe "Rational#coerce" do
+    it_behaves_like :rational_coerce, :coerce
+  end
 end