diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 682154959e..977b4d3df5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -19472,7 +19472,7 @@ fi
 
 if test "x$PERL" != x; then
   ax_perl_modules_failed=0
-  for ax_perl_module in 'IPC::Run 0.79' 'Test::More 0.87' 'Time::HiRes 1.52' ; do
+  for ax_perl_module in 'IPC::Run 0.79' 'Test::More 0.98' 'Time::HiRes 1.52' ; do
     { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for perl module $ax_perl_module" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for perl module $ax_perl_module... " >&6; }
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 260bb842af..95e5169c4f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2386,7 +2386,7 @@ if test "$enable_tap_tests" = yes; then
     # but some distros omit them in a minimal installation.
     # The required minimum versions are all quite ancient now, but specify
     # them anyway for documentation's sake.
-    AX_PROG_PERL_MODULES([IPC::Run=0.79 Test::More=0.87 Time::HiRes=1.52], ,
+    AX_PROG_PERL_MODULES([IPC::Run=0.79 Test::More=0.98 Time::HiRes=1.52], ,
       [AC_MSG_ERROR([Additional Perl modules are required to run TAP tests])])
   fi
   # Now make sure we know where prove is
diff --git a/src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/Utils.pm b/src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/Utils.pm
index f29d43f1f3..5a7f8bcb97 100644
--- a/src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/Utils.pm
+++ b/src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/Utils.pm
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ use PostgreSQL::Test::SimpleTee;
 
 # specify a recent enough version of Test::More to support the
 # done_testing() function
-use Test::More 0.87;
+use Test::More 0.98;
 
 our @EXPORT = qw(
   generate_ascii_string