diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 46978a21..4a48a65b 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # mlr3learners (development version)
 
+compatibility: mlr3 0.22.0.
+
 # mlr3learners 0.8.0
 
 * fix: Hyperparameter set of `lrn("classif.ranger")` and `lrn("regr.ranger")`.
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_regr_lm.R b/tests/testthat/test_regr_lm.R
index 741c38db..436e0d63 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test_regr_lm.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_regr_lm.R
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ test_that("autotest", {
 })
 
 test_that("contrasts", {
-  task = tsk("boston_housing")
+  task = tsk("mtcars")
   learner = mlr3::lrn("regr.lm")
 
   learner$train(task)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_regr_ranger.R b/tests/testthat/test_regr_ranger.R
index d60502b2..5b136d97 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test_regr_ranger.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_regr_ranger.R
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ test_that("autotest", {
 })
 
 test_that("hotstart", {
-  task = tsk("boston_housing")
+  task = tsk("mtcars")
 
   learner_1 = lrn("regr.ranger", num.trees = 1000L)
   learner_1$train(task)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_regr_xgboost.R b/tests/testthat/test_regr_xgboost.R
index d5536e84..a56c2492 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test_regr_xgboost.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_regr_xgboost.R
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ test_that("autotest", {
 })
 
 test_that("hotstart", {
-  task = tsk("boston_housing")
+  task = tsk("mtcars")
   task$select(task$feature_names[task$feature_names %nin% c("chas", "town")])
 
   learner_1 = lrn("regr.xgboost", nrounds = 5L)