diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 0aacdfc891..3f3f1f29f1 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ end
 group :test do
   gem 'coveralls', :require => false
   gem 'minitest', '5.4.1'
-  gem 'minitest-colorize'
+  gem 'minitest-reporters'
   gem 'mocha', '1.1.0', :require => false
   gem 'rake'
   gem 'rspec', '~> 3.0.0'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 791aca87f8..5286bb3012 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
+    ansi (1.5.0)
     ast (2.1.0)
     astrolabe (1.3.1)
       parser (~> 2.2)
+    builder (3.2.2)
     coveralls (0.8.10)
       json (~> 1.8)
       rest-client (>= 1.6.8, < 2)
@@ -22,8 +24,11 @@ GEM
     metaclass (0.0.4)
     mime-types (2.99)
     minitest (5.4.1)
-    minitest-colorize (0.0.5)
-      minitest (>= 2.0)
+    minitest-reporters (1.1.7)
+      ansi
+      builder
+      minitest (>= 5.0)
+      ruby-progressbar
     mocha (1.1.0)
       metaclass (~> 0.0.1)
     mustache (1.0.2)
@@ -82,7 +87,7 @@ PLATFORMS
 DEPENDENCIES
   coveralls
   minitest (= 5.4.1)
-  minitest-colorize
+  minitest-reporters
   mocha (= 1.1.0)
   rake
   ronn (= 0.7.3)
@@ -91,4 +96,4 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rubocop-cask (= 0.0.1)
 
 BUNDLED WITH
-   1.10.6
+   1.11.2
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index c0a9908334..bacae75c8a 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ HOMEBREW_CACHE.join('Casks').mkpath
 
 # must be called after testing_env so at_exit hooks are in proper order
 require 'minitest/autorun'
-# todo, re-enable minitest-colorize, broken under current test environment for unknown reasons
-# require 'minitest-colorize'
+require 'minitest/reporters'
+Minitest::Reporters.use! Minitest::Reporters::DefaultReporter.new(color: true)
 
 # Force mocha to patch MiniTest since we have both loaded thanks to homebrew's testing_env
 require 'mocha/api'