diff --git a/package-testing/Gemfile b/package-testing/Gemfile
index 846d1d4cb..c140cb930 100644
--- a/package-testing/Gemfile
+++ b/package-testing/Gemfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ end
 
 gem 'beaker', *location_for(ENV['BEAKER_VERSION'] || '= 4.10.0')
 gem 'beaker-abs', *location_for(ENV['BEAKER_ABS_VERSION'] || '= 0.5.0')
-gem 'beaker-hostgenerator', *location_for(ENV['BEAKER_HOSTGENERATOR_VERSION'] || '= 1.1.44')
+gem 'beaker-hostgenerator', *location_for(ENV['BEAKER_HOSTGENERATOR_VERSION'] || '= 1.2.3')
 gem 'beaker-puppet', '= 1.18.5'
 gem 'beaker-rspec', '= 6.2.4'
 gem 'beaker-vmpooler', '= 1.3.3'
diff --git a/package-testing/spec/package/support/spec_utils.rb b/package-testing/spec/package/support/spec_utils.rb
index 567882de3..a40573fa0 100644
--- a/package-testing/spec/package/support/spec_utils.rb
+++ b/package-testing/spec/package/support/spec_utils.rb
@@ -12,9 +12,16 @@ def install_dir(cygpath = false)
   end
 
   def home_dir(cygpath = false)
-    return '/root' unless windows_node?
-
-    cygpath ? '/home/Administrator' : 'c:/cygwin64/home/Administrator'
+    if windows_node?
+      cygpath ? '/home/Administrator' : 'c:/cygwin64/home/Administrator'
+    else
+      case get_working_node.platform
+      when %r{\Aosx-10\.15-}
+        '/var/root'
+      else
+        '/root'
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   def windows_node?