diff --git a/core/warning/categories_spec.rb b/core/warning/categories_spec.rb
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+require_relative '../../spec_helper'
+
+ruby_version_is "3.4" do
+  describe "Warning.categories" do
+    # There might be more, but these are standard across Ruby implementations
+    it "returns the list of possible warning categories" do
+      Warning.categories.should.include? :deprecated
+      Warning.categories.should.include? :experimental
+      Warning.categories.should.include? :performance
+    end
+  end
+end