diff --git a/qa/Gemfile b/qa/Gemfile
index a52385d314b..fb21f7c1ec6 100644
--- a/qa/Gemfile
+++ b/qa/Gemfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
-gem 'gitlab-qa', '~> 12', '>= 12.4.1', require: 'gitlab/qa'
+gem 'gitlab-qa', '~> 12', '>= 12.4.1', git: 'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-qa.git', branch: '16-5-stable' # rubocop:disable Cop/GemFetcher -- need to used a patched version of gitlab-qa so E2E tests pass in backports
 gem 'gitlab_quality-test_tooling', '~> 0.9.3', require: false
 gem 'gitlab-utils', path: '../gems/gitlab-utils'
 gem 'activesupport', '~> 7.0.8' # This should stay in sync with the root's Gemfile
diff --git a/qa/Gemfile.lock b/qa/Gemfile.lock
index 30fd3691521..6073ec95c09 100644
--- a/qa/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/qa/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+GIT
+  remote: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-qa.git
+  revision: 1dc8493962f2fc91fe4a5daaf59b66593c4903f3
+  branch: 16-5-stable
+  specs:
+    gitlab-qa (12.4.1)
+      activesupport (>= 6.1, < 7.1)
+      gitlab (~> 4.19)
+      http (~> 5.0)
+      nokogiri (~> 1.10)
+      parallel (>= 1, < 2)
+      rainbow (>= 3, < 4)
+      table_print (= 1.5.7)
+      zeitwerk (>= 2, < 3)
+
 PATH
   remote: ../gems/gitlab-utils
   specs:
@@ -121,15 +136,6 @@ GEM
     gitlab (4.19.0)
       httparty (~> 0.20)
       terminal-table (>= 1.5.1)
-    gitlab-qa (12.4.1)
-      activesupport (>= 6.1, < 7.1)
-      gitlab (~> 4.19)
-      http (~> 5.0)
-      nokogiri (~> 1.10)
-      parallel (>= 1, < 2)
-      rainbow (>= 3, < 4)
-      table_print (= 1.5.7)
-      zeitwerk (>= 2, < 3)
     gitlab_quality-test_tooling (0.9.3)
       activesupport (>= 6.1, < 7.1)
       gitlab (~> 4.19)
@@ -351,7 +357,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   faraday-retry (~> 2.2)
   fog-core (= 2.1.0)
   fog-google (~> 1.19)
-  gitlab-qa (~> 12, >= 12.4.1)
+  gitlab-qa (~> 12, >= 12.4.1)!
   gitlab-utils!
   gitlab_quality-test_tooling (~> 0.9.3)
   influxdb-client (~> 2.9)