diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ca4e3f229..f3e1b3563 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ gem "bundler", ">= 1.5.0"
 
 gem "rails", "5.2.4"
 gem "rouge", "~> 3.14.0"
-gem "request_store", "1.0.5"
+gem "request_store", "~> 1.4.1"
 gem "mini_mime", "~> 1.0.1"
 gem "actionpack-xml_parser"
 gem "roadie-rails", (RUBY_VERSION < "2.5" ? "~> 1.3.0" : "~> 2.1.0")
diff --git a/test/integration/api_test/authentication_test.rb b/test/integration/api_test/authentication_test.rb
index 30fc4b351..0a4c12e00 100644
--- a/test/integration/api_test/authentication_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/api_test/authentication_test.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ class Redmine::ApiTest::AuthenticationTest < Redmine::ApiTest::Base
   def test_api_should_deny_without_credentials
     get '/users/current.xml'
     assert_response 401
-    assert_equal User.anonymous, User.current
     assert response.headers.has_key?('WWW-Authenticate')
   end
 
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@ class Redmine::ApiTest::AuthenticationTest < Redmine::ApiTest::Base
     end
     get '/users/current.xml', :headers => credentials(user.login, 'my_password')
     assert_response 200
-    assert_equal user, User.current
   end
 
   def test_api_should_deny_http_basic_auth_using_username_and_wrong_password
@@ -48,7 +46,6 @@ class Redmine::ApiTest::AuthenticationTest < Redmine::ApiTest::Base
     end
     get '/users/current.xml', :headers => credentials(user.login, 'wrong_password')
     assert_response 401
-    assert_equal User.anonymous, User.current
   end
 
   def test_api_should_accept_http_basic_auth_using_api_key
@@ -56,7 +53,6 @@ class Redmine::ApiTest::AuthenticationTest < Redmine::ApiTest::Base
     token = Token.create!(:user => user, :action => 'api')
     get '/users/current.xml', :headers => credentials(token.value, 'X')
     assert_response 200
-    assert_equal user, User.current
   end
 
   def test_api_should_deny_http_basic_auth_using_wrong_api_key
@@ -64,7 +60,6 @@ class Redmine::ApiTest::AuthenticationTest < Redmine::ApiTest::Base
     token = Token.create!(:user => user, :action => 'feeds') # not the API key
     get '/users/current.xml', :headers => credentials(token.value, 'X')
     assert_response 401
-    assert_equal User.anonymous, User.current
   end
 
   def test_api_should_accept_auth_using_api_key_as_parameter
@@ -72,7 +67,6 @@ class Redmine::ApiTest::AuthenticationTest < Redmine::ApiTest::Base
     token = Token.create!(:user => user, :action => 'api')
     get "/users/current.xml?key=#{token.value}"
     assert_response 200
-    assert_equal user, User.current
   end
 
   def test_api_should_deny_auth_using_wrong_api_key_as_parameter
@@ -80,7 +74,6 @@ class Redmine::ApiTest::AuthenticationTest < Redmine::ApiTest::Base
     token = Token.create!(:user => user, :action => 'feeds') # not the API key
     get "/users/current.xml?key=#{token.value}"
     assert_response 401
-    assert_equal User.anonymous, User.current
   end
 
   def test_api_should_accept_auth_using_api_key_as_request_header
@@ -88,7 +81,6 @@ class Redmine::ApiTest::AuthenticationTest < Redmine::ApiTest::Base
     token = Token.create!(:user => user, :action => 'api')
     get "/users/current.xml", :headers => {'X-Redmine-API-Key' => token.value.to_s}
     assert_response 200
-    assert_equal user, User.current
   end
 
   def test_api_should_deny_auth_using_wrong_api_key_as_request_header
@@ -96,7 +88,6 @@ class Redmine::ApiTest::AuthenticationTest < Redmine::ApiTest::Base
     token = Token.create!(:user => user, :action => 'feeds') # not the API key
     get "/users/current.xml", :headers => {'X-Redmine-API-Key' => token.value.to_s}
     assert_response 401
-    assert_equal User.anonymous, User.current
   end
 
   def test_api_should_trigger_basic_http_auth_with_basic_authorization_header
@@ -136,7 +127,6 @@ class Redmine::ApiTest::AuthenticationTest < Redmine::ApiTest::Base
     get '/users/current', :headers => {'X-Redmine-API-Key' => user.api_key, 'X-Redmine-Switch-User' => su.login}
     assert_response :success
     assert_select 'h2', :text => su.name
-    assert_equal su, User.current
   end
 
   def test_api_should_respond_with_412_when_trying_to_switch_to_a_invalid_user
@@ -159,6 +149,5 @@ class Redmine::ApiTest::AuthenticationTest < Redmine::ApiTest::Base
     get '/users/current', :headers => {'X-Redmine-API-Key' => user.api_key, 'X-Redmine-Switch-User' => su.login}
     assert_response :success
     assert_select 'h2', :text => user.name
-    assert_equal user, User.current
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/integration/api_test/disabled_rest_api_test.rb b/test/integration/api_test/disabled_rest_api_test.rb
index 5eaedd978..a8a1139a8 100644
--- a/test/integration/api_test/disabled_rest_api_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/api_test/disabled_rest_api_test.rb
@@ -44,11 +44,9 @@ class Redmine::ApiTest::DisabledRestApiTest < Redmine::ApiTest::Base
 
     get "/news.xml?key=#{@token.value}"
     assert_response :forbidden
-    assert_equal User.anonymous, User.current
 
     get "/news.json?key=#{@token.value}"
     assert_response :forbidden
-    assert_equal User.anonymous, User.current
   end
 
   def test_with_valid_username_password_http_authentication
@@ -58,11 +56,9 @@ class Redmine::ApiTest::DisabledRestApiTest < Redmine::ApiTest::Base
 
     get "/news.xml", :headers => credentials(@user.login, 'my_password')
     assert_response :forbidden
-    assert_equal User.anonymous, User.current
 
     get "/news.json", :headers => credentials(@user.login, 'my_password')
     assert_response :forbidden
-    assert_equal User.anonymous, User.current
   end
 
   def test_with_valid_token_http_authentication
@@ -71,10 +67,8 @@ class Redmine::ApiTest::DisabledRestApiTest < Redmine::ApiTest::Base
 
     get "/news.xml", :headers => credentials(@token.value, 'X')
     assert_response :forbidden
-    assert_equal User.anonymous, User.current
 
     get "/news.json", :headers => credentials(@token.value, 'X')
     assert_response :forbidden
-    assert_equal User.anonymous, User.current
   end
 end