diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index fd26b9ab..04239866 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ jobs:
         run: bundle exec rake test RUBYOPT="--enable-frozen-string-literal"
 
   gem:
+    needs: ruby-versions
     name: "Gem: ${{ matrix.ruby-version }} on ${{ matrix.runs-on }}"
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
     strategy:
@@ -57,21 +58,22 @@ jobs:
           - ubuntu-latest
           - macos-latest
           - windows-latest
-        ruby-version:
-          - "3.0"
-          - head
+        ruby-version: ${{ fromJson(needs.ruby-versions.outputs.versions) }}
+        exclude:
+          - {runs-on: macos-latest, ruby-version: 2.5}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
         with:
           ruby-version: ${{ matrix.ruby-version }}
       - name: Install as gem
-        env:
-          BUNDLE_PATH__SYSTEM: "true"
-          BUNDLE_WITHOUT: "benchmark:development"
         run: |
           rake install
-          bundle install
+      - name: Install test dependencies
+        run: |
+          for gem in $(ruby -e 'puts ARGF.read[/^group :test do(.*)^end/m, 1].scan(/"(.+?)"/)' Gemfile); do
+            gem install ${gem}
+          done
       - name: Test
         run: |
           ruby -run -e mkdir -- tmp
diff --git a/lib/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb b/lib/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb
index d09237c5..da051a76 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@
 
 module REXML
   module Parsers
+    if StringScanner::Version < "3.0.8"
+      module StringScannerCaptures
+        refine StringScanner do
+          def captures
+            values_at(*(1...size))
+          end
+        end
+      end
+      using StringScannerCaptures
+    end
+
     # = Using the Pull Parser
     # <em>This API is experimental, and subject to change.</em>
     #  parser = PullParser.new( "<a>text<b att='val'/>txet</a>" )
diff --git a/rexml.gemspec b/rexml.gemspec
index 97eac657..169e49dc 100644
--- a/rexml.gemspec
+++ b/rexml.gemspec
@@ -55,5 +55,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.5.0'
 
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency("strscan", ">= 3.0.9")
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency("strscan")
 end