diff --git a/sentry-ruby/spec/spec_helper.rb b/sentry-ruby/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 084c0c304..c53ad34f6 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 require "rspec/retry"
 require "redis"
 require "stackprof" unless RUBY_PLATFORM == "java"
-require "vernier" unless RUBY_PLATFORM == "java" || RUBY_VERSION < "3.2"
+# XXX: vernier does not currently compile on Ruby head (4.1)
+require "vernier" unless RUBY_PLATFORM == "java" || RUBY_VERSION < "3.2" || RUBY_VERSION.start_with?("4.1")
 
 SimpleCov.start do
   project_name "sentry-ruby"