diff --git a/doc/development/gotchas.md b/doc/development/gotchas.md
index 32efef2a9b3c54732ff5d9abf2155145ca5c67b6..5557a113d0524e4e6348d5fb3260d1539785d8b8 100644
--- a/doc/development/gotchas.md
+++ b/doc/development/gotchas.md
@@ -106,13 +106,15 @@ end
        Using `any_instance` to stub a method (elasticsearch_indexing) that has been defined on a prepended module (EE::ApplicationSetting) is not supported.
   ```
 
-### Alternative: `expect_next_instance_of`
+### Alternative: `expect_next_instance_of` or `allow_next_instance_of`
 
 Instead of writing:
 
 ```ruby
 # Don't do this:
 expect_any_instance_of(Project).to receive(:add_import_job)
+
+allow_any_instance_of(Project).to receive(:add_import_job)
 ```
 
 We could write:
@@ -122,10 +124,14 @@ We could write:
 expect_next_instance_of(Project) do |project|
   expect(project).to receive(:add_import_job)
 end
+
+allow_next_instance_of(Project) do |project|
+  allow(project).to receive(:add_import_job)
+end
 ```
 
-If we also want to expect the instance was initialized with some particular
-arguments, we could also pass it to `expect_next_instance_of` like:
+If we also want to initialized the instance with some particular arguments, we
+could also pass it like:
 
 ```ruby
 # Do this:
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index bf87c078ac6fbe5ed8d37362a86fb2ad8cc38b4c..948e5e6250b20596618331d9319528520f6d33a0 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
   config.include StubFeatureFlags
   config.include StubGitlabCalls
   config.include StubGitlabData
-  config.include ExpectNextInstanceOf
+  config.include NextInstanceOf
   config.include TestEnv
   config.include Devise::Test::ControllerHelpers, type: :controller
   config.include Devise::Test::IntegrationHelpers, type: :feature
diff --git a/spec/support/helpers/expect_next_instance_of.rb b/spec/support/helpers/expect_next_instance_of.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 749d2cb2a5697604975b704f35c38fd8ba7176c7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/spec/support/helpers/expect_next_instance_of.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-module ExpectNextInstanceOf
-  def expect_next_instance_of(klass, *new_args)
-    receive_new = receive(:new)
-    receive_new.with(*new_args) if new_args.any?
-
-    expect(klass).to receive_new
-      .and_wrap_original do |method, *original_args|
-        method.call(*original_args).tap do |instance|
-          yield(instance)
-        end
-      end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/support/helpers/next_instance_of.rb b/spec/support/helpers/next_instance_of.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..83c788c3d3854242fb351aec305efa1db0f57b46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/helpers/next_instance_of.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module NextInstanceOf
+  def expect_next_instance_of(klass, *new_args)
+    stub_new(expect(klass), *new_args) do |expectation|
+      yield(expectation)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def allow_next_instance_of(klass, *new_args)
+    stub_new(allow(klass), *new_args) do |allowance|
+      yield(allowance)
+    end
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def stub_new(target, *new_args)
+    receive_new = receive(:new)
+    receive_new.with(*new_args) if new_args.any?
+
+    target.to receive_new.and_wrap_original do |method, *original_args|
+      method.call(*original_args).tap do |instance|
+        yield(instance)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end