diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b64df7df8..61c36b6ad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## next
 
+- Pinning `stats-instrument` to < 3.9 to avoid breaking changes.
+
 ## 3.6.1
 
 *Features*
diff --git a/dev.yml b/dev.yml
index 38760f3ae..4e198129e 100644
--- a/dev.yml
+++ b/dev.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,15 @@ up:
       image: kindest/node:v1.28.0@sha256:dad5a6238c5e41d7cac405fae3b5eda2ad1de6f1190fa8bfc64ff5bb86173213
 commands:
   test:
-    run: bin/test
+    run: bin/test unit_test && bin/test cli_test && bin/test serial_integration_test && bin/test integration_test
+  test-unit:
+    run: bin/test unit_test
+  test-cli:
+    run: bin/test cli_test
+  test-serial_integration:
+    run: bin/test serial_integration_test,
+  test-integration:
+    run: bin/test integration_test
   tophat:
     run: PRINT_LOGS=1 bundle exec ruby -I test test/integration/krane_deploy_test.rb -n/${1}/
     desc: Tophat a change by running a test scenario with logging output enabled.
diff --git a/krane.gemspec b/krane.gemspec
index ebbd0575c..4d83d62ee 100644
--- a/krane.gemspec
+++ b/krane.gemspec
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_dependency("googleauth", "~> 1.2")
   spec.add_dependency("ejson", "~> 1.0")
   spec.add_dependency("colorize", "~> 0.8")
-  spec.add_dependency("statsd-instrument", ['>= 2.8', "< 4"])
+  spec.add_dependency("statsd-instrument", ['>= 2.8', "< 3.9"])
   spec.add_dependency("multi_json")
   spec.add_dependency("concurrent-ruby", "~> 1.1")
   spec.add_dependency("jsonpath", "~> 1.0")