diff --git a/.github/workflows/testsuite.yml b/.github/workflows/testsuite.yml
index 711db583..43a379b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testsuite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testsuite.yml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: perl -V
         run: perl -V
       - name: Install Dependencies
-        uses: perl-actions/install-with-cpm@v1
+        uses: perl-actions/install-with-cpanm@v1
         with:
           sudo: false
           cpanfile: "cpanfile"
diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index c4b0be56..d521dcbd 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ WriteMakefile(
         'File::Slurper'             => 0,
         'File::Temp'                => 0,
         'File::Basename'            => 0,
-        'Test2::Harness::Util::IPC' => 0,
+        # Test2::Harness::Util::IPC was renamed to Test2::Harness::IPC::Util.
+        # t/lib/Test/TMF.pm handles both at runtime; tests skip gracefully
+        # when neither is available, so no hard dependency is needed.
         'Test::MockModule'          => 0,
     },
     PREREQ_PM => {
diff --git a/cpanfile b/cpanfile
index 4e19f2a6..de3edca6 100644
--- a/cpanfile
+++ b/cpanfile
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@ on 'test' => sub {
     requires 'File::Temp'                => 0;
     requires 'File::Path'                => 0;
     requires 'File::Basename'            => 0;
-    requires 'Test2::Harness::Util::IPC' => 0;
+    # Test2::Harness::Util::IPC was renamed to Test2::Harness::IPC::Util.
+    # t/lib/Test/TMF.pm handles both at runtime and skips gracefully.
 };
diff --git a/t/lib/Test/TMF.pm b/t/lib/Test/TMF.pm
index 2c60d9a4..662eb2a7 100644
--- a/t/lib/Test/TMF.pm
+++ b/t/lib/Test/TMF.pm
@@ -18,9 +18,19 @@ use Fcntl qw/SEEK_CUR/;
 
 use Cwd 'abs_path';
 
-use Test2::Harness::Util::IPC qw/run_cmd/;
+our $RUN_CMD_AVAILABLE;
+BEGIN {
+    # Test2::Harness::Util::IPC was deprecated in favor of Test2::Harness::IPC::Util.
+    # On some Perl versions (e.g. 5.20), neither module may compile successfully —
+    # the old one is a broken deprecation shim and the new one isn't installed.
+    $RUN_CMD_AVAILABLE =
+        eval { require Test2::Harness::IPC::Util; Test2::Harness::IPC::Util->import('run_cmd'); 1 }
+     || eval { require Test2::Harness::Util::IPC; Test2::Harness::Util::IPC->import('run_cmd'); 1 }
+     || 0;
+}
 
-use Exporter 'import';
+use Exporter ();
+our @ISA    = ('Exporter');
 our @EXPORT = qw{
 
   tmf_test_code
@@ -29,6 +39,15 @@ our @EXPORT = qw{
 
 };
 
+sub import {
+    my $class = shift;
+    unless ($RUN_CMD_AVAILABLE) {
+        require Test2::Tools::Basic;
+        Test2::Tools::Basic::plan( skip_all => "Test2::Harness IPC module not available (run_cmd)" );
+    }
+    $class->export_to_level( 1, $class, @_ );
+}
+
 our $TMP;    # directory
 
 sub _setup_tmp_dir {