diff --git a/tests/scenarios/scenarios.ts b/tests/scenarios/scenarios.ts
index e9800668f..bd13ded3e 100644
--- a/tests/scenarios/scenarios.ts
+++ b/tests/scenarios/scenarios.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ async function release(project: Project) {
   project.linkDevDependency('@ember/test-waiters', { baseDir: __dirname, resolveName: '@ember/test-waiters' });
   project.linkDevDependency('ember-qunit', { baseDir: __dirname, resolveName: 'ember-qunit-7' });
   project.linkDevDependency('ember-cli-babel', { baseDir: __dirname, resolveName: 'ember-cli-babel-latest' });
+  project.linkDevDependency('@babel/core', { baseDir: __dirname });
 }
 
 async function beta(project: Project) {
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ async function beta(project: Project) {
   project.linkDevDependency('@ember/test-helpers', { baseDir: __dirname, resolveName: '@ember/test-helpers-3' });
   project.linkDevDependency('ember-qunit', { baseDir: __dirname, resolveName: 'ember-qunit-7' });
   project.linkDevDependency('ember-cli-babel', { baseDir: __dirname, resolveName: 'ember-cli-babel-latest' });
+  project.linkDevDependency('@babel/core', { baseDir: __dirname });
 }
 
 async function canary(project: Project) {