Moved rspec-rails declaration to development/test section of Gemfile. now runs tests without having to alter Rakefile.

Gemfile

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem 'byebug', platform: :mri
   gem 'factory_bot_rails'
   gem 'parallel_tests'
+  gem 'rspec-rails', '~> 5.1.0'
 end
 
 group :development do
@@ -81,7 +82,6 @@ group 'test' do
   gem 'database_cleaner'
   gem 'launchy'
   gem 'rails-controller-testing'
-  gem 'rspec-rails', '~> 4.1.2'
   gem 'simplecov', require: false
   gem 'timecop'
 end

Gemfile.lock

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ GEM
       temple (>= 0.8.0)
       tilt
     hashie (5.0.0)
-    i18n (1.8.11)
+    i18n (1.9.1)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     io-wait (0.2.1)
     jbuilder (2.11.5)
@@ -245,18 +245,18 @@ GEM
       actionpack (>= 5.0)
       railties (>= 5.0)
     rexml (3.2.5)
-    rspec-core (3.10.1)
+    rspec-core (3.10.2)
       rspec-support (~> 3.10.0)
     rspec-expectations (3.10.2)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
       rspec-support (~> 3.10.0)
-    rspec-mocks (3.10.2)
+    rspec-mocks (3.10.3)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
       rspec-support (~> 3.10.0)
-    rspec-rails (4.1.2)
+    rspec-rails (5.1.0)
-      actionpack (>= 4.2)
+      actionpack (>= 5.2)
-      activesupport (>= 4.2)
+      activesupport (>= 5.2)
-      railties (>= 4.2)
+      railties (>= 5.2)
       rspec-core (~> 3.10)
       rspec-expectations (~> 3.10)
       rspec-mocks (~> 3.10)
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ GEM
     websocket-extensions (0.1.5)
     xpath (3.2.0)
       nokogiri (~> 1.8)
-    zeitwerk (2.5.3)
+    zeitwerk (2.5.4)
 
 PLATFORMS
   x86_64-darwin-20
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   puma (>= 5.5.2)
   rails (~> 7.0.1)
   rails-controller-testing
-  rspec-rails (~> 4.1.2)
+  rspec-rails (~> 5.1.0)
   rubocop
   seed_dump
   simplecov

Rakefile

@@ -3,13 +3,3 @@
 
 require_relative 'config/application'
 Rails.application.load_tasks
-
-begin
-  require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
-  RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec)
-
-  task(:default).clear
-  task default: :spec
-rescue LoadError => e
-  raise e unless ENV['RAILS_ENV'] == 'production'
-end