diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 6a86eeb23..0d38d8e8b 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ end
 
 group :test do
   gem "cucumber", require: false
-  gem "cucumber-rails", require: false
+  gem "cucumber-rails", "~> 2.5", require: false # specified to prevent regression via Cucumber 8
   gem "database_cleaner-mongoid"
   gem "factory_bot_rails"
   gem "govuk_schemas"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index e8fb738fe..d37970c04 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -101,35 +101,44 @@ GEM
     crack (0.4.5)
       rexml
     crass (1.0.6)
-    cucumber (8.0.0)
+    cucumber (7.1.0)
       builder (~> 3.2, >= 3.2.4)
-      cucumber-ci-environment (~> 9.0, >= 9.0.4)
-      cucumber-core (~> 11.0, >= 11.0.0)
-      cucumber-cucumber-expressions (~> 15.1, >= 15.1.1)
-      cucumber-gherkin (~> 23.0, >= 23.0.1)
-      cucumber-html-formatter (~> 19.1, >= 19.1.0)
-      cucumber-messages (~> 18.0, >= 18.0.0)
-      diff-lcs (~> 1.5, >= 1.5.0)
-      mime-types (~> 3.4, >= 3.4.1)
-      multi_test (~> 1.1, >= 1.1.0)
+      cucumber-core (~> 10.1, >= 10.1.0)
+      cucumber-create-meta (~> 6.0, >= 6.0.1)
+      cucumber-cucumber-expressions (~> 14.0, >= 14.0.0)
+      cucumber-gherkin (~> 22.0, >= 22.0.0)
+      cucumber-html-formatter (~> 17.0, >= 17.0.0)
+      cucumber-messages (~> 17.1, >= 17.1.1)
+      cucumber-wire (~> 6.2, >= 6.2.0)
+      diff-lcs (~> 1.4, >= 1.4.4)
+      mime-types (~> 3.3, >= 3.3.1)
+      multi_test (~> 0.1, >= 0.1.2)
       sys-uname (~> 1.2, >= 1.2.2)
-    cucumber-ci-environment (9.1.0)
-    cucumber-core (11.0.0)
-      cucumber-gherkin (~> 23.0, >= 23.0.1)
-      cucumber-messages (~> 18.0, >= 18.0.0)
+    cucumber-core (10.1.1)
+      cucumber-gherkin (~> 22.0, >= 22.0.0)
+      cucumber-messages (~> 17.1, >= 17.1.1)
       cucumber-tag-expressions (~> 4.1, >= 4.1.0)
-    cucumber-cucumber-expressions (15.2.0)
-    cucumber-gherkin (23.0.1)
-      cucumber-messages (~> 18.0, >= 18.0.0)
-    cucumber-html-formatter (19.2.0)
-      cucumber-messages (~> 18.0, >= 18.0.0)
-    cucumber-messages (18.0.0)
-    cucumber-rails (1.4.0)
-      capybara (>= 1.1.2)
-      cucumber (>= 1.2.0)
-      nokogiri (>= 1.5.0)
-      rails (>= 3.0.0)
+    cucumber-create-meta (6.0.4)
+      cucumber-messages (~> 17.1, >= 17.1.1)
+      sys-uname (~> 1.2, >= 1.2.2)
+    cucumber-cucumber-expressions (14.0.0)
+    cucumber-gherkin (22.0.0)
+      cucumber-messages (~> 17.1, >= 17.1.1)
+    cucumber-html-formatter (17.0.0)
+      cucumber-messages (~> 17.1, >= 17.1.0)
+    cucumber-messages (17.1.1)
+    cucumber-rails (2.5.1)
+      capybara (>= 2.18, < 4)
+      cucumber (>= 3.2, < 8)
+      mime-types (~> 3.3)
+      nokogiri (~> 1.10)
+      railties (>= 5.0, < 8)
+      rexml (~> 3.0)
+      webrick (~> 1.7)
     cucumber-tag-expressions (4.1.0)
+    cucumber-wire (6.2.1)
+      cucumber-core (~> 10.1, >= 10.1.0)
+      cucumber-cucumber-expressions (~> 14.0, >= 14.0.0)
     database_cleaner-core (2.0.1)
     database_cleaner-mongoid (2.0.1)
       database_cleaner-core (~> 2.0.0)
@@ -270,7 +279,7 @@ GEM
       mongo (>= 2.18.0, < 3.0.0)
       ruby2_keywords (~> 0.0.5)
     multi_json (1.15.0)
-    multi_test (1.1.0)
+    multi_test (0.1.2)
     multi_xml (0.6.0)
     net-imap (0.3.0)
       net-protocol
@@ -523,7 +532,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   better_errors
   binding_of_caller
   cucumber
-  cucumber-rails
+  cucumber-rails (~> 2.5)
   database_cleaner-mongoid
   factory_bot_rails
   gds-api-adapters