diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 30773f1fa..5ed55b2ce 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ 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"
+# pull these gems from chef-17 of chef/chef so that we're testing against what we will release
+gem "chef-config", git: "https://github.com/chef/chef", branch: "chef-17", glob: "chef-config/chef-config.gemspec"
+gem "chef-utils", git: "https://github.com/chef/chef", branch: "chef-17", 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