diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 730ac41cd..b959c12a2 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ end
 
 group :development do
   gem "aruba",         "~> 0.10" # Stay below 1 until aruba/in_process monkeypatching stops
-  gem "cucumber",      "< 4.0" # until we identify what is generating the ~@no_run tag in CI
+  gem "cucumber",      "= 3.1.0" # until we identify what is generating the ~@no_run tag in CI
   gem "cucumber-expressions", "= 5.0.13"
   gem "chef-zero",     ">= 4.0"
   gem "dep_selector",  ">= 1.0"
diff --git a/berkshelf.gemspec b/berkshelf.gemspec
index 8857f4f77..d9e451929 100644
--- a/berkshelf.gemspec
+++ b/berkshelf.gemspec
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.add_dependency "mixlib-shellout",      ">= 2.0", "< 4.0"
   s.add_dependency "cleanroom",            "~> 1.0"
-  s.add_dependency "minitar",              ">= 0.6"
+  s.add_dependency "minitar",              ">= 0.6", "< 0.12"
   s.add_dependency "retryable",            ">= 2.0", "< 4.0"
   s.add_dependency "solve",                "~> 4.0"
   s.add_dependency "thor",                 ">= 0.20"
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency "mixlib-archive",       ">= 1.1.4", "< 2.0" # needed for ruby 3.0 / Dir.chdir removal
   s.add_dependency "concurrent-ruby",      "~> 1.0"
   if RUBY_VERSION.match?(/3.0/)
-    s.add_dependency "chef",                 "~> 17.0" # needed for --skip-syntax-check
+    s.add_dependency "chef",                 "~> 17.10.122" # needed for --skip-syntax-check
   elsif 
     s.add_dependency "chef",                 ">= 15.7.32" 
   end
diff --git a/spec/unit/berkshelf/berkshelf/api_client/connection_spec.rb b/spec/unit/berkshelf/berkshelf/api_client/connection_spec.rb
index 7f79f7b26..2b73c4e2b 100644
--- a/spec/unit/berkshelf/berkshelf/api_client/connection_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/berkshelf/berkshelf/api_client/connection_spec.rb
@@ -154,4 +154,4 @@
       expect { subject }.to raise_error(Berkshelf::APIClient::ServiceUnavailable)
     end
   end
-end
+end
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diff --git a/spec/unit/berkshelf/community_rest_spec.rb b/spec/unit/berkshelf/community_rest_spec.rb
index ced7aa90a..bdb769a83 100644
--- a/spec/unit/berkshelf/community_rest_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/berkshelf/community_rest_spec.rb
@@ -213,4 +213,4 @@
   describe "#stream" do
     skip
   end
-end
+end
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