diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b2ca29bc..1c5215aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ jobs:
        contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'allowed-for-ci'))
     uses: "puppetlabs/cat-github-actions/.github/workflows/module_acceptance.yml@main"
     with:
-      flags: '--nightly --platform-exclude centos-7 --platform-exclude scientific-7 --platform-exclude oraclelinux-7'
+      flags: '--nightly --platform-exclude centos-7 --platform-exclude scientific-7 --platform-exclude oraclelinux-7 --platform-exclude redhat-7'
     secrets: "inherit"
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper_acceptance_local.rb b/spec/spec_helper_acceptance_local.rb
index 028923f2..9767e84e 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper_acceptance_local.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper_acceptance_local.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def retry_on_error_matching(max_retry_count = MAX_RETRY_COUNT, retry_wait_interv
     # Make sure selinux is disabled so the tests work.
     LitmusHelper.instance.run_shell('setenforce 0', expect_failures: true) if os[:family].match?(%r{redhat|oracle})
 
-    if os[:family] == 'redhat' && os[:release].to_i != 8
+    if os[:family] == 'redhat' && [9].include?(os[:release].to_i)
       epel_owner = 'puppet'
       LitmusHelper.instance.run_shell("puppet module install #{epel_owner}/epel")
       LitmusHelper.instance.run_shell("puppet apply -e 'include epel'")