diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b43c34dbd2..66583e9344 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ruby-version: ${{ env.RUBY_VERSION }}
           bundler-cache: true
+          rubygems: latest
       - name: RuboCop
         run: bin/rubocop
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ruby-version: ${{ env.RUBY_VERSION }}
           bundler-cache: true
+          rubygems: latest
       - name: Cucumber Lint
         run: bin/cuke_linter -p features/
 
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ruby-version: ${{ env.RUBY_VERSION }}
           bundler-cache: true
+          rubygems: latest
       - name: Yard Coverage
         run: |
           bin/yardoc -c --no-cache --private --fail-on-warning
@@ -99,6 +102,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ruby-version: ${{ env.RUBY_VERSION }}
           bundler-cache: true
+          rubygems: latest
       - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           distribution: zulu
@@ -140,6 +144,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ruby-version: ${{ matrix.jruby_version }}
           bundler-cache: true
+          rubygems: latest
       - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           distribution: zulu
@@ -182,6 +187,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ruby-version: ${{ env.RUBY_VERSION }}
           bundler-cache: true
+          rubygems: latest
       - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           distribution: zulu
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ca87f33f62..9dff033f79 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ruby-version: ${{ env.RUBY_VERSION }}
           bundler-cache: true
+          rubygems: latest
       - name: Bump version
         id: bump_version
         run: |
@@ -63,8 +64,6 @@ jobs:
           git add Gemfile.lock CHANGELOG.md USAGE.md templates .known_good_references
           git commit --amend --no-edit
       - uses: rubygems/release-gem@v1
-        with:
-          await-release: false
       - name: Create Github Release
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/yardoc.yml b/.github/workflows/yardoc.yml
index 164fec0033..075c4adadb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/yardoc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/yardoc.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ruby-version: ${{ env.RUBY_VERSION }}
           bundler-cache: true
+          rubygems: latest
       - name: Build YARD docs
         run: bin/yardoc
       - name: Determine Destination Dir