diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 81e0069..0000000
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-version: 2
-updates:
-- package-ecosystem: bundler
-  directory: "/"
-  schedule:
-    interval: weekly
-  open-pull-requests-limit: 10
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 866f9a7..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-name: Release
-
-on: workflow_dispatch
-
-jobs:
-  release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository == 'puppetlabs/beaker-vmpooler'
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Get Version
-        id: gv
-        run: |
-          version=$(grep VERSION lib/beaker-vmpooler/version.rb |rev |cut -d "'" -f2 |rev)
-          echo "version=$version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "Found version $version from lib/beaker-vmpooler/version.rb"
-      - name: Tag Release
-        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
-        with:
-          tag: ${{ steps.gv.outputs.version }}
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: false
-          generateReleaseNotes: true
-      - name: Install Ruby 2.7
-        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
-        with:
-          ruby-version: '2.7'
-      - name: Build gem
-        run: gem build *.gemspec
-      - name: Publish gem
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p $HOME/.gem
-          touch $HOME/.gem/credentials
-          chmod 0600 $HOME/.gem/credentials
-          printf -- "---\n:rubygems_api_key: ${GEM_HOST_API_KEY}\n" > $HOME/.gem/credentials
-          gem push *.gem
-        env:
-          GEM_HOST_API_KEY: '${{ secrets.RUBYGEMS_AUTH_TOKEN }}'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/security.yml b/.github/workflows/security.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 666c602..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/security.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-name: Security
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-jobs:
-  scan:
-    name: Mend Scanning
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - name: checkout repo content
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 1
-    - name: setup ruby
-      uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
-      with:
-        ruby-version: 2.7
-    # setup a package lock if one doesn't exist, otherwise do nothing
-    - name: check lock
-      run: '[ -f "Gemfile.lock" ] && echo "package lock file exists, skipping" || bundle lock'
-    # install java
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
-      with:
-        distribution: 'temurin' # See 'Supported distributions' for available options
-        java-version: '17'
-    # download mend
-    - name: download_mend
-      run: curl -o wss-unified-agent.jar https://unified-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/wss-unified-agent.jar
-    - name: run mend
-      run: java -jar wss-unified-agent.jar
-      env:
-        WS_APIKEY: ${{ secrets.MEND_API_KEY }}
-        WS_WSS_URL: https://saas-eu.whitesourcesoftware.com/agent
-        WS_USERKEY: ${{ secrets.MEND_TOKEN }}
-        WS_PRODUCTNAME: RE
-        WS_PROJECTNAME: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ba73c0c..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-name: Testing
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-jobs:
-  spec_tests:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        ruby-version:
-          - '2.7'
-          - '3.0'
-          - '3.1'
-          - '3.2'
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Set up Ruby
-      uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
-      with:
-        ruby-version: ${{ matrix.ruby-version }}
-        bundler-cache: true # runs 'bundle install' and caches installed gems automatically
-    - name: Run spec tests
-      run: bundle exec rake test
diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
deleted file mode 100644
index 9767b61..0000000
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-* @puppetlabs/release-engineering
-
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ebabf9b..9604bb0 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 source ENV['GEM_SOURCE'] || "https://rubygems.org"
 
-gemspec :development_group => :acceptance_testing
+gemspec
+
+
 
 def location_for(place, fake_version = nil)
   if place =~ /^(git:[^#]*)#(.*)/
@@ -12,13 +14,14 @@ def location_for(place, fake_version = nil)
   end
 end
 
+
 # We don't put beaker in as a test dependency because we
 # don't want to create a transitive dependency
 group :acceptance_testing do
-  gem "beaker", *location_for(ENV['BEAKER_VERSION'] || '>= 5.0', '< 7')
-  gem "beaker-abs"
+  gem "beaker", *location_for(ENV['BEAKER_VERSION'] || '~> 3.0')
 end
 
-if File.exist? "#{__FILE__}.local"
+
+if File.exists? "#{__FILE__}.local"
   eval(File.read("#{__FILE__}.local"), binding)
 end
diff --git a/beaker-vmpooler.gemspec b/beaker-vmpooler.gemspec
index 43c6e88..28ce39a 100644
--- a/beaker-vmpooler.gemspec
+++ b/beaker-vmpooler.gemspec
@@ -20,8 +20,13 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   # Testing dependencies
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec-its'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'fakefs', '~> 2.4'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.0'
+  # pin fakefs for Ruby < 2.3
+  if RUBY_VERSION < "2.3"
+    s.add_development_dependency 'fakefs', '~> 0.6', '< 0.14'
+  else
+    s.add_development_dependency 'fakefs', '~> 0.6'
+  end
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 10.1'
   s.add_development_dependency 'simplecov'
   s.add_development_dependency 'pry', '~> 0.10'
 
diff --git a/lib/beaker-vmpooler/version.rb b/lib/beaker-vmpooler/version.rb
index 018ce0b..99b3474 100644
--- a/lib/beaker-vmpooler/version.rb
+++ b/lib/beaker-vmpooler/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module BeakerVmpooler
-  VERSION = '1.4.0'
+  VERSION = '1.3.3'
 end
diff --git a/lib/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler.rb b/lib/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler.rb
index 82a6d3e..acb0dce 100644
--- a/lib/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler.rb
+++ b/lib/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler.rb
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ module Beaker
         uri = URI.parse(@options['pooling_api'] + '/vm/')
 
         http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
-        http.use_ssl = uri.instance_of?(URI::HTTPS)
         request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)
 
         if @credentials[:vmpooler_token]
@@ -186,7 +185,6 @@ module Beaker
           uri = URI.parse(@options[:pooling_api] + '/vm/' + h['vmhostname'].split('.')[0])
 
           http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
-          http.use_ssl = uri.instance_of?(URI::HTTPS)
           request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(uri.request_uri)
 
           # merge pre-defined tags with host tags
@@ -252,7 +250,6 @@ module Beaker
         uri = URI.parse(get_template_url(@options['pooling_api'], name))
 
         http = Net::HTTP.new( uri.host, uri.port )
-        http.use_ssl = uri.instance_of?(URI::HTTPS)
         request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(uri.request_uri)
 
         if @credentials[:vmpooler_token]
@@ -280,7 +277,6 @@ module Beaker
         uri = URI.parse(@options[:pooling_api] + '/api/v1/vm/' + hostname + '/disk/' + disk_size.to_s)
 
         http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
-        http.use_ssl = uri.instance_of?(URI::HTTPS)
         request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)
         request['X-AUTH-TOKEN'] = @credentials[:vmpooler_token]
 
@@ -313,7 +309,6 @@ module Beaker
         uri = URI.parse(@options[:pooling_api] + '/vm/' + hostname)
 
         http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
-        http.use_ssl = uri.instance_of?(URI::HTTPS)
         request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
 
         response = http.request(request)
diff --git a/spec/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler_spec.rb b/spec/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler_spec.rb
index 11b9d0f..a0495eb 100644
--- a/spec/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/beaker/hypervisor/vmpooler_spec.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ module Beaker
 
     before :each do
       stub_const( "Net", MockNet )
-      allow_any_instance_of(MockNet::HTTP).to receive(:use_ssl=)
       allow( JSON ).to receive( :parse ) do |arg|
         arg
       end