1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/io/chars_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/io/chars_spec.rb
index 812ddbf34f..15db595aed 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/io/chars_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/io/chars_spec.rb
@@ -5,10 +5,26 @@ require_relative 'shared/chars'
 
 ruby_version_is ''...'3.0' do
   describe "IO#chars" do
+    before :each do
+      @verbose, $VERBOSE = $VERBOSE, nil
+    end
+
+    after :each do
+      $VERBOSE = @verbose
+    end
+
     it_behaves_like :io_chars, :chars
   end
 
   describe "IO#chars" do
+    before :each do
+      @verbose, $VERBOSE = $VERBOSE, nil
+    end
+
+    after :each do
+      $VERBOSE = @verbose
+    end
+
     it_behaves_like :io_chars_empty, :chars
   end
 end