diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index b27211cb..5a080750 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 gemspec :name => "jekyll"
 
-gem "rake", "~> 10.1"
+gem "rake", "~> 11.0"
 group :development do
   gem "launchy", "~> 2.3"
   gem "rubocop", :branch => :master, :github => "bbatsov/rubocop"
diff --git a/test/helper.rb b/test/helper.rb
index 78b1f78b..ade8b77d 100644
--- a/test/helper.rb
+++ b/test/helper.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+$stdout.puts "# -------------------------------------------------------------"
+$stdout.puts "# SPECS AND TESTS ARE RUNNING WITH WARNINGS OFF."
+$stdout.puts "# SEE: https://github.com/Shopify/liquid/issues/730"
+$stdout.puts "# SEE: https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/issues/4719"
+$stdout.puts "# -------------------------------------------------------------"
+$VERBOSE = nil
+
 def jruby?
   defined?(RUBY_ENGINE) && RUBY_ENGINE == 'jruby'
 end