diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 19fdc49943..40551b096e 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
       .select { |s| s.driver.is_a?(Capybara::Selenium::Driver) }
       .each { |s| s.driver.reset! }
   end
+  config.before(:all) { restart_driver }
 
   # Enable caching in any specs tagged with `caching: true`. Usage is exactly the same as the
   # well-known `js: true` tag used to enable javascript in feature specs.
@@ -140,7 +141,18 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
     end
   end
 
-  config.before(:all) { restart_driver }
+  # Webmock raises errors that inherit directly from Exception (not StandardError).
+  # The messages contain useful information for debugging stubbed requests to external
+  # services (in tests), but they normally don't appear in the test output.
+  config.before(:all) do
+    ApplicationController.class_eval do
+      rescue_from WebMock::NetConnectNotAllowedError, with: :handle_webmock_error
+
+      def handle_webmock_error(exception)
+        raise exception.message
+      end
+    end
+  end
 
   # Geocoding
   config.before(:each) { allow_any_instance_of(Spree::Address).to receive(:geocode).and_return([1, 1]) }