diff --git a/sentry-sidekiq/spec/isolated/rails_spec.rb b/sentry-sidekiq/spec/isolated/rails_spec.rb
index 1a64c376b..7fad22de8 100644
--- a/sentry-sidekiq/spec/isolated/rails_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-sidekiq/spec/isolated/rails_spec.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@
 # which checks if Railtie is defined to properly set things up
 require_relative "../spec_helper"
 
+# This is needed to prevent Sidekiq 6.5 crash
+if SIDEKIQ_VERSION >= Gem::Version.new("6.5") && SIDEKIQ_VERSION < Gem::Version.new("7.0")
+  # NoMethodError:
+  #  undefined method 'broadcast' for class ActiveSupport::Logger
+  #  /workspace/sentry/vendor/gems/3.4.5/gems/sidekiq-6.5.7/lib/sidekiq/rails.rb:46:in 'block (2 levels) in <class:Rails>'
+  Rails.logger = Logger.new($stdout)
+end
+
 class TestApp < Rails::Application
 end
 
diff --git a/sentry-sidekiq/spec/spec_helper.rb b/sentry-sidekiq/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 35454aac9..5ac2349ac 100644
--- a/sentry-sidekiq/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/sentry-sidekiq/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@
 # this enables sidekiq's server mode
 require "sidekiq/cli"
 
-MIN_SIDEKIQ_6 = Gem::Version.new(Sidekiq::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new("6.0")
-WITH_SIDEKIQ_7 = Gem::Version.new(Sidekiq::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new("7.0")
-WITH_SIDEKIQ_8 = Gem::Version.new(Sidekiq::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new("8.0.0")
+SIDEKIQ_VERSION = Gem::Version.new(Sidekiq::VERSION)
+
+MIN_SIDEKIQ_6 = SIDEKIQ_VERSION >= Gem::Version.new("6.0")
+WITH_SIDEKIQ_7 = SIDEKIQ_VERSION >= Gem::Version.new("7.0")
+WITH_SIDEKIQ_8 = SIDEKIQ_VERSION >= Gem::Version.new("8.0.0")
 WITH_SIDEKIQ_6 = MIN_SIDEKIQ_6 && !WITH_SIDEKIQ_7
 
 require "sidekiq/embedded" if WITH_SIDEKIQ_7