diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 31cdfadc7..3641e1c9e 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 gemspec
 
 # pull these gems from main of chef/chef so that we're testing against what we will release
-gem "chef-config", git: "https://github.com/chef/chef", branch: "main", glob: "chef-config/chef-config.gemspec"
-gem "chef-utils", git: "https://github.com/chef/chef", branch: "main", glob: "chef-utils/chef-utils.gemspec"
+gem "chef-config", git: "https://github.com/chef/chef", branch: "chef-18", glob: "chef-config/chef-config.gemspec"
+gem "chef-utils", git: "https://github.com/chef/chef", branch: "chef-18", glob: "chef-utils/chef-utils.gemspec"
 
 # NOTE: do not submit PRs to add pry as a dep, add to your Gemfile.local
 group :development do