diff --git a/test/AliasMacro-test.jl b/test/AliasMacro-test.jl
index 5199b3932e..af777859ca 100644
--- a/test/AliasMacro-test.jl
+++ b/test/AliasMacro-test.jl
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using REPL # needed due to https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/53349
+
 module Bla
     using AbstractAlgebra
     const sfsdf = 1
diff --git a/test/Project.toml b/test/Project.toml
index fb9f84456f..defc8bc7fc 100644
--- a/test/Project.toml
+++ b/test/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 [deps]
 Aqua = "4c88cf16-eb10-579e-8560-4a9242c79595"
+REPL = "3fa0cd96-eef1-5676-8a61-b3b8758bbffb"
 Test = "8dfed614-e22c-5e08-85e1-65c5234f0b40"
 
 [compat]
 Aqua = "0.8.2"
+REPL = "1.6"
 Test = "1.6"