diff --git a/REFERENCE.md b/REFERENCE.md
index ca10ff34..33eb4ac5 100644
--- a/REFERENCE.md
+++ b/REFERENCE.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 * [`peadm::file_or_content`](#peadm--file_or_content)
 * [`peadm::flatten_compact`](#peadm--flatten_compact)
 * [`peadm::generate_pe_conf`](#peadm--generate_pe_conf): Generate a pe.conf file in JSON format
+* [`peadm::get_node_group_environment`](#peadm--get_node_group_environment): check if a custom PE environment is set in pe.conf
 * [`peadm::get_pe_conf`](#peadm--get_pe_conf)
 * [`peadm::get_targets`](#peadm--get_targets): Accept undef or a SingleTargetSpec, and return an Array[Target, 1, 0]. This differs from get_target() in that:   - It returns an Array[Target
 * [`peadm::migration_opts_default`](#peadm--migration_opts_default)
@@ -715,6 +716,24 @@ Data type: `Hash`
 A hash of settings to set in the config file. Any keys that are set to
 undef will not be included in the config file.
 
+### <a name="peadm--get_node_group_environment"></a>`peadm::get_node_group_environment`
+
+Type: Puppet Language
+
+check if a custom PE environment is set in pe.conf
+
+#### `peadm::get_node_group_environment(Peadm::SingleTargetSpec $primary)`
+
+The peadm::get_node_group_environment function.
+
+Returns: `String` the desired environment for PE specific node groups
+
+##### `primary`
+
+Data type: `Peadm::SingleTargetSpec`
+
+the FQDN for the primary, here we will read the pe.conf from
+
 ### <a name="peadm--get_pe_conf"></a>`peadm::get_pe_conf`
 
 Type: Puppet Language
@@ -1563,11 +1582,20 @@ The peadm::add_database class.
 
 The following parameters are available in the `peadm::add_database` plan:
 
+* [`node_group_environment`](#-peadm--add_database--node_group_environment)
 * [`targets`](#-peadm--add_database--targets)
 * [`primary_host`](#-peadm--add_database--primary_host)
 * [`mode`](#-peadm--add_database--mode)
 * [`begin_at_step`](#-peadm--add_database--begin_at_step)
 
+##### <a name="-peadm--add_database--node_group_environment"></a>`node_group_environment`
+
+Data type: `String[1]`
+
+environment for the PEADM specific node groups, if not set it will be gathered from pe.conf or production
+
+Default value: `peadm::get_node_group_environment($primary_host)`
+
 ##### <a name="-peadm--add_database--targets"></a>`targets`
 
 Data type: `Peadm::SingleTargetSpec`
@@ -1692,6 +1720,7 @@ management using PEAdm.
 
 The following parameters are available in the `peadm::convert` plan:
 
+* [`node_group_environment`](#-peadm--convert--node_group_environment)
 * [`primary_host`](#-peadm--convert--primary_host)
 * [`replica_host`](#-peadm--convert--replica_host)
 * [`compiler_hosts`](#-peadm--convert--compiler_hosts)
@@ -1703,6 +1732,14 @@ The following parameters are available in the `peadm::convert` plan:
 * [`dns_alt_names`](#-peadm--convert--dns_alt_names)
 * [`begin_at_step`](#-peadm--convert--begin_at_step)
 
+##### <a name="-peadm--convert--node_group_environment"></a>`node_group_environment`
+
+Data type: `String[1]`
+
+environment for the PEADM specific node groups, if not set it will be gathered from pe.conf or production
+
+Default value: `peadm::get_node_group_environment($primary_host)`
+
 ##### <a name="-peadm--convert--primary_host"></a>`primary_host`
 
 Data type: `Peadm::SingleTargetSpec`
@@ -1805,6 +1842,7 @@ The following parameters are available in the `peadm::install` plan:
 * [`final_agent_state`](#-peadm--install--final_agent_state)
 * [`stagingdir`](#-peadm--install--stagingdir)
 * [`uploaddir`](#-peadm--install--uploaddir)
+* [`node_group_environment`](#-peadm--install--node_group_environment)
 * [`primary_host`](#-peadm--install--primary_host)
 * [`replica_host`](#-peadm--install--replica_host)
 * [`compiler_hosts`](#-peadm--install--compiler_hosts)
@@ -1904,6 +1942,14 @@ for offline usage.
 
 Default value: `undef`
 
+##### <a name="-peadm--install--node_group_environment"></a>`node_group_environment`
+
+Data type: `String[1]`
+
+environment for the PEADM specific node groups, if not set it will be gathered from pe.conf or production
+
+Default value: `peadm::get_node_group_environment($primary_host)`
+
 ##### <a name="-peadm--install--primary_host"></a>`primary_host`
 
 Data type: `Peadm::SingleTargetSpec`
@@ -2277,6 +2323,7 @@ The following parameters are available in the `peadm::upgrade` plan:
 * [`r10k_known_hosts`](#-peadm--upgrade--r10k_known_hosts)
 * [`stagingdir`](#-peadm--upgrade--stagingdir)
 * [`uploaddir`](#-peadm--upgrade--uploaddir)
+* [`node_group_environment`](#-peadm--upgrade--node_group_environment)
 * [`primary_host`](#-peadm--upgrade--primary_host)
 * [`replica_host`](#-peadm--upgrade--replica_host)
 * [`compiler_hosts`](#-peadm--upgrade--compiler_hosts)
@@ -2366,6 +2413,14 @@ for offline usage.
 
 Default value: `'/tmp'`
 
+##### <a name="-peadm--upgrade--node_group_environment"></a>`node_group_environment`
+
+Data type: `String[1]`
+
+environment for the PEADM specific node groups, if not set it will be gathered from pe.conf or production
+
+Default value: `peadm::get_node_group_environment($primary_host)`
+
 ##### <a name="-peadm--upgrade--primary_host"></a>`primary_host`
 
 Data type: `Peadm::SingleTargetSpec`
diff --git a/functions/get_node_group_environment.pp b/functions/get_node_group_environment.pp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2daf3b2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/functions/get_node_group_environment.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#
+# @summary check if a custom PE environment is set in pe.conf
+#
+# @param primary the FQDN for the primary, here we will read the pe.conf from
+#
+# @return [String] the desired environment for PE specific node groups
+#
+# @see https://www.puppet.com/docs/pe/latest/upgrade_pe#update_environment
+#
+# @author Tim Meusel <tim@bastelfreak.de>
+#
+function peadm::get_node_group_environment(Peadm::SingleTargetSpec $primary) {
+  $peconf = peadm::get_pe_conf(get_target($primary))
+  # if both are set, they need to be set to the same value
+  # if they are not set, we assume that the user runs their infra in production
+  $pe_install = $peconf['pe_install::install::classification::pe_node_group_environment']
+  $puppet_enterprise = $peconf['puppet_enterprise::master::recover_configuration::pe_environment']
+
+  # check if both are equal
+  # This also evaluates to true if both are undef
+  if $pe_install == $puppet_enterprise {
+    # check if the option isn't undef
+    # ToDo: A proper regex for allowed characters in an environment would be nice
+    # https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet-docs/issues/1158
+    if $pe_install =~ String[1] {
+      return $pe_install
+    } else {
+      return 'production'
+    }
+  } else {
+    fail("pe_install::install::classification::pe_node_group_environment and puppet_enterprise::master::recover_configuration::pe_environment need to be set to the same value, not '${pe_install}' and '${puppet_enterprise}'")
+  }
+}
diff --git a/manifests/setup/node_manager.pp b/manifests/setup/node_manager.pp
index 65c69044..d2fcdbe4 100644
--- a/manifests/setup/node_manager.pp
+++ b/manifests/setup/node_manager.pp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #   A load balancer address directing traffic to any of the "B" pool
 #   compilers. This is used for DR configuration in large and extra large
 #   architectures.
+# @param node_group_environment the environment that will be assigned to all the PE Infra node groups
 #
 class peadm::setup::node_manager (
   String[1] $primary_host,
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
   Optional[String[1]] $compiler_pool_address            = undef,
   Optional[String[1]] $internal_compiler_a_pool_address = $server_a_host,
   Optional[String[1]] $internal_compiler_b_pool_address = $server_b_host,
+  String[1]           $node_group_environment           = 'production',
 ) {
   # "Not-configured" placeholder string. This will be used in places where we
   # cannot set an explicit null, and need to supply some kind of value.
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@
   # else.
   Node_group {
     purge_behavior => none,
+    environment    => $node_group_environment,
   }
 
   ##################################################
diff --git a/plans/add_database.pp b/plans/add_database.pp
index 6219bde8..9c0fdca5 100644
--- a/plans/add_database.pp
+++ b/plans/add_database.pp
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#
+# @param node_group_environment environment for the PEADM specific node groups, if not set it will be gathered from pe.conf or production
+#
 plan peadm::add_database(
   Peadm::SingleTargetSpec $targets,
   Peadm::SingleTargetSpec $primary_host,
@@ -9,6 +12,7 @@
       'update-db-settings',
       'cleanup-db',
   'finalize']] $begin_at_step = undef,
+  String[1] $node_group_environment = peadm::get_node_group_environment($primary_host),
 ) {
   $primary_target = peadm::get_targets($primary_host, 1)
   $postgresql_target = peadm::get_targets($targets, 1)
@@ -91,7 +95,7 @@
     run_plan('peadm::subplans::component_install', $postgresql_target,
       primary_host       => $primary_target,
       avail_group_letter => $avail_group_letter,
-      role               => 'puppet/puppetdb-database'
+      role               => 'puppet/puppetdb-database',
     )
   }
 
@@ -128,15 +132,17 @@
       $host = pick($a_host, $b_host)
       out::verbose("In transitive state, setting classification to ${host}")
       run_plan('peadm::util::update_classification', $primary_target,
-        postgresql_a_host => $host,
-        postgresql_b_host => $host,
-        peadm_config      => $peadm_config
+        postgresql_a_host      => $host,
+        postgresql_b_host      => $host,
+        peadm_config           => $peadm_config,
+        node_group_environment => $node_group_environment,
       )
     } else {
       run_plan('peadm::util::update_classification', $primary_target,
-        postgresql_a_host => $avail_group_letter ? { 'A' => $postgresql_host, default => undef },
-        postgresql_b_host => $avail_group_letter ? { 'B' => $postgresql_host, default => undef },
-        peadm_config      => $peadm_config
+        postgresql_a_host      => $avail_group_letter ? { 'A' => $postgresql_host, default => undef },
+        postgresql_b_host      => $avail_group_letter ? { 'B' => $postgresql_host, default => undef },
+        peadm_config           => $peadm_config,
+        node_group_environment => $node_group_environment,
       )
     }
   }
diff --git a/plans/add_replica.pp b/plans/add_replica.pp
index 95bfb5e1..6f5afca0 100644
--- a/plans/add_replica.pp
+++ b/plans/add_replica.pp
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 # @param replica_host - The hostname and certname of the replica VM
 # @param replica_postgresql_host - The hostname and certname of the host with the replica PE-PosgreSQL database.
 # @param token_file - (optional) the token file in a different location than the default.
-# 
+# @param node_group_environment environment for the PEADM specific node groups, if not set it will be gathered from pe.conf or production
+#
 #   Can be a separate host in an XL architecture, or undef in Standard or Large.
 plan peadm::add_replica(
   # Standard or Large
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
 
   # Common Configuration
   Optional[String] $token_file = undef,
+  String[1] $node_group_environment = peadm::get_node_group_environment($primary_host),
 ) {
   $primary_target             = peadm::get_targets($primary_host, 1)
   $replica_target             = peadm::get_targets($replica_host, 1)
@@ -94,7 +96,8 @@
     server_b_host                    => $replica_avail_group_letter ? { 'B' => $replica_host, default => undef },
     internal_compiler_a_pool_address => $replica_avail_group_letter ? { 'A' => $replica_host, default => undef },
     internal_compiler_b_pool_address => $replica_avail_group_letter ? { 'B' => $replica_host, default => undef },
-    peadm_config                     => $peadm_config
+    peadm_config                     => $peadm_config,
+    node_group_environment           => $node_group_environment,
   )
 
   # Source list of files on Primary and synchronize to new Replica
diff --git a/plans/convert.pp b/plans/convert.pp
index 1995a0b0..407938fc 100644
--- a/plans/convert.pp
+++ b/plans/convert.pp
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # This plan sets required certificate extensions on PE nodes, and configures
 # the required PE node groups to make an existing cluster compatible with
 # management using PEAdm.
+#
+# @param node_group_environment environment for the PEADM specific node groups, if not set it will be gathered from pe.conf or production
+#
 plan peadm::convert (
   # Standard
   Peadm::SingleTargetSpec           $primary_host,
@@ -26,6 +29,8 @@
       'modify-infra-certs',
       'convert-node-groups',
   'finalize']] $begin_at_step = undef,
+
+  String[1] $node_group_environment = peadm::get_node_group_environment($primary_host),
 ) {
   peadm::assert_supported_bolt_version()
 
@@ -223,6 +228,7 @@
           compiler_pool_address            => $compiler_pool_address,
           internal_compiler_a_pool_address => $internal_compiler_a_pool_address,
           internal_compiler_b_pool_address => $internal_compiler_b_pool_address,
+          node_group_environment           => $node_group_environment,
           require                          => Class['peadm::setup::node_manager_yaml'],
         }
 
diff --git a/plans/install.pp b/plans/install.pp
index 4e7c9ab2..b6e4e7e4 100644
--- a/plans/install.pp
+++ b/plans/install.pp
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #   Directory the installer tarball will be uploaded to or expected to be in
 #   for offline usage.
 #
+# @param node_group_environment environment for the PEADM specific node groups, if not set it will be gathered from pe.conf or production
+#
 plan peadm::install (
   # Standard
   Peadm::SingleTargetSpec           $primary_host,
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@
   Enum['direct', 'bolthost'] $download_mode          = 'bolthost',
   Boolean                    $permit_unsafe_versions = false,
   String                     $token_lifetime         = '1y',
+  String[1] $node_group_environment = peadm::get_node_group_environment($primary_host),
 ) {
   peadm::assert_supported_bolt_version()
 
@@ -134,6 +137,7 @@
     internal_compiler_b_pool_address => $internal_compiler_b_pool_address,
     deploy_environment               => $deploy_environment,
     ldap_config                      => $ldap_config,
+    node_group_environment           => $node_group_environment,
 
     # Other
     stagingdir                       => $stagingdir,
diff --git a/plans/subplans/configure.pp b/plans/subplans/configure.pp
index bccc0503..49d58f9d 100644
--- a/plans/subplans/configure.pp
+++ b/plans/subplans/configure.pp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #   Configures the state the puppet agent should be in on infrastructure nodes
 #   after PE is configured successfully.
 #
+# @param node_group_environment environment for the PEADM specific node groups, if not set it will be gathered from pe.conf or production
+#
 plan peadm::subplans::configure (
   # Standard
   Peadm::SingleTargetSpec           $primary_host,
@@ -42,7 +44,8 @@
 
   # Other
   String           $stagingdir                   = '/tmp',
-  Enum['running', 'stopped'] $final_agent_state  = 'running'
+  Enum['running', 'stopped'] $final_agent_state  = 'running',
+  String[1] $node_group_environment = peadm::get_node_group_environment($primary_host),
 ) {
   # TODO: get and validate PE version
 
@@ -102,6 +105,7 @@
       compiler_pool_address            => $compiler_pool_address,
       internal_compiler_a_pool_address => $internal_compiler_a_pool_address,
       internal_compiler_b_pool_address => $internal_compiler_b_pool_address,
+      node_group_environment           => $node_group_environment,
       require                          => Class['peadm::setup::node_manager_yaml'],
     }
   }
diff --git a/plans/upgrade.pp b/plans/upgrade.pp
index b9adcd38..8d3ef348 100644
--- a/plans/upgrade.pp
+++ b/plans/upgrade.pp
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #   Directory the installer tarball will be uploaded to or expected to be in
 #   for offline usage.
 #
+# @param node_group_environment environment for the PEADM specific node groups, if not set it will be gathered from pe.conf or production
+#
 plan peadm::upgrade (
   # Standard
   Peadm::SingleTargetSpec           $primary_host,
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@
       'upgrade-replica',
       'upgrade-replica-compilers',
   'finalize']] $begin_at_step = undef,
+  String[1] $node_group_environment = peadm::get_node_group_environment($primary_host),
 ) {
   # Ensure input valid for a supported architecture
   $arch = peadm::assert_supported_architecture(
@@ -326,6 +329,7 @@
         compiler_pool_address            => $compiler_pool_address,
         internal_compiler_a_pool_address => $internal_compiler_a_pool_address,
         internal_compiler_b_pool_address => $internal_compiler_b_pool_address,
+        node_group_environment           => $node_group_environment,
         require                          => Class['peadm::setup::node_manager_yaml'],
       }
     }
diff --git a/plans/util/update_classification.pp b/plans/util/update_classification.pp
index 247a9632..a5018e60 100644
--- a/plans/util/update_classification.pp
+++ b/plans/util/update_classification.pp
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 #
 # @summary Configure classification
 #
+# @param node_group_environment environment for the PEADM specific node groups, if not set it will be gathered from pe.conf or production
+#
 plan peadm::util::update_classification (
   # Standard
   Peadm::SingleTargetSpec           $targets,
+  String[1]                         $node_group_environment,
   Optional[Hash]                    $peadm_config = undef,
   Optional[Peadm::SingleTargetSpec] $server_a_host = undef,
   Optional[Peadm::SingleTargetSpec] $server_b_host = undef,
@@ -76,6 +79,7 @@
       compiler_pool_address            => $new['params']['compiler_pool_address'],
       internal_compiler_a_pool_address => $new['params']['internal_compiler_a_pool_address'],
       internal_compiler_b_pool_address => $new['params']['internal_compiler_b_pool_address'],
+      node_group_environment           => $node_group_environment,
       require                          => Class['peadm::setup::node_manager_yaml'],
     }
   }
diff --git a/spec/functions/get_node_group_environment_spec.rb b/spec/functions/get_node_group_environment_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bdc446c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/functions/get_node_group_environment_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'peadm::get_node_group_environment' do
+  include BoltSpec::BoltContext
+  around(:each) do |example|
+    in_bolt_context do
+      example.run
+    end
+  end
+  let(:primary) do
+    ['test-vm.puppet.vm']
+  end
+
+  context 'returns production on empty pe.conf' do
+    it do
+      expect_task('peadm::read_file').with_params('path' => '/etc/puppetlabs/enterprise/conf.d/pe.conf').always_return({ 'content' => '{}' })
+      is_expected.to run.with_params(primary).and_return('production')
+    end
+  end
+
+  context 'returns production on non-empty pe.conf with unrelated settings' do
+    it do
+      expect_task('peadm::read_file').with_params('path' => '/etc/puppetlabs/enterprise/conf.d/pe.conf').always_return({ 'content' => '{"foo": true}' })
+      is_expected.to run.with_params(primary).and_return('production')
+    end
+  end
+  context 'returns environment from pe.conf when set twice correctly' do
+    it do
+      pe = '{"pe_install::install::classification::pe_node_group_environment": "foo", "puppet_enterprise::master::recover_configuration::pe_environment": "foo"}'
+      expect_task('peadm::read_file').with_params('path' => '/etc/puppetlabs/enterprise/conf.d/pe.conf').always_return({ 'content' => pe })
+      is_expected.to run.with_params(primary).and_return('foo')
+    end
+  end
+  context 'fails when both PE options are different' do
+    it do
+      pe = '{"pe_install::install::classification::pe_node_group_environment": "foo", "puppet_enterprise::master::recover_configuration::pe_environment": "bar"}'
+      expect_task('peadm::read_file').with_params('path' => '/etc/puppetlabs/enterprise/conf.d/pe.conf').always_return({ 'content' => pe })
+      is_expected.to run.with_params(primary).and_raise_error(Puppet::PreformattedError,
+%r{pe_install::install::classification::pe_node_group_environment and puppet_enterprise::master::recover_configuration::pe_environment})
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/plans/convert_spec.rb b/spec/plans/convert_spec.rb
index 7140d598..0f11af7b 100644
--- a/spec/plans/convert_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/plans/convert_spec.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
     allow_apply
 
     expect_task('peadm::cert_data').return_for_targets('primary' => trustedjson)
-    expect_task('peadm::read_file').always_return({ 'content' => '2021.7.8' })
+    expect_task('peadm::read_file').with_params('path' => '/opt/puppetlabs/server/pe_version').always_return({ 'content' => '2021.7.8' })
+    expect_task('peadm::read_file').with_params('path' => '/etc/puppetlabs/enterprise/conf.d/pe.conf').always_return({ 'content' => '{}' })
 
     # For some reason, expect_plan() was not working??
     allow_plan('peadm::modify_certificate').always_return({})
diff --git a/spec/plans/install_spec.rb b/spec/plans/install_spec.rb
index 7d7b1ebb..eaf9be9f 100644
--- a/spec/plans/install_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/plans/install_spec.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     it 'runs successfully with the minimum required parameters' do
       expect_plan('peadm::subplans::install')
       expect_plan('peadm::subplans::configure')
+      expect_task('peadm::read_file').with_params('path' => '/etc/puppetlabs/enterprise/conf.d/pe.conf').always_return({ 'content' => '{}' })
       expect(run_plan('peadm::install', 'primary_host' => 'primary', 'console_password' => 'puppetLabs123!', 'version' => '2021.7.8')).to be_ok
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/plans/upgrade_spec.rb b/spec/plans/upgrade_spec.rb
index 3943ca61..2f230cae 100644
--- a/spec/plans/upgrade_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/plans/upgrade_spec.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ def allow_standard_non_returning_calls
       .with_params('path' => '/opt/puppetlabs/server/pe_build')
       .always_return({ 'content' => '2021.7.3' })
 
+    expect_task('peadm::read_file').with_params('path' => '/etc/puppetlabs/enterprise/conf.d/pe.conf').always_return({ 'content' => '{}' })
     expect_task('peadm::cert_data').return_for_targets('primary' => trusted_primary)
 
     expect(run_plan('peadm::upgrade',
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ def allow_standard_non_returning_calls
     expect_task('peadm::read_file')
       .with_params('path' => '/opt/puppetlabs/server/pe_build')
       .always_return({ 'content' => '2021.7.3' })
-
+    expect_task('peadm::read_file').with_params('path' => '/etc/puppetlabs/enterprise/conf.d/pe.conf').always_return({ 'content' => '{}' })
     expect_task('peadm::cert_data').return_for_targets('primary' => trusted_primary,
                                                        'compiler' => trusted_compiler)
 
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ def allow_standard_non_returning_calls
     it 'updates pe.conf if r10k_known_hosts is set' do
       expect_task('peadm::read_file')
         .with_params('path' => '/etc/puppetlabs/enterprise/conf.d/pe.conf')
-        .always_return({ 'content' => <<~PECONF })
+        .always_return({ 'content' => <<~PECONF }).be_called_times(2)
           # spec pe.conf
           "puppet_enterprise::puppet_master_host": "%{::trusted.certname}"
         PECONF
@@ -118,6 +119,8 @@ def allow_standard_non_returning_calls
       # This is fairly horrible, but expect_out_message doesn't take a regex.
       expect_out_message.with_params(r10k_warning)
 
+      expect_task('peadm::read_file').with_params('path' => '/etc/puppetlabs/enterprise/conf.d/pe.conf').always_return({ 'content' => '{}' })
+
       expect(run_plan('peadm::upgrade',
                        'primary_host'     => 'primary',
                        'version'          => '2023.3.0',
@@ -130,6 +133,8 @@ def allow_standard_non_returning_calls
       it 'does not warn if r10k_known_hosts is not set' do
         expect_out_message.with_params(r10k_warning).not_be_called
 
+        expect_task('peadm::read_file').with_params('path' => '/etc/puppetlabs/enterprise/conf.d/pe.conf').always_return({ 'content' => '{}' })
+
         expect(run_plan('peadm::upgrade',
                          'primary_host'     => 'primary',
                          'version'          => '2023.4.0',