diff --git a/Berksfile b/Berksfile
index 80674ef..4b8c21b 100644
--- a/Berksfile
+++ b/Berksfile
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ metadata
 cookbook "delayed_evaluator", github: "chrisroberts/cookbook-delayed_evaluator"
 cookbook "marker", github: "rightscale-cookbooks/marker"
 cookbook "test-rightscale_volume", path: "./test/cookbooks/test-rightscale_volume"
+cookbook 'ohai','~> 2.1.0'# keep for compatiblity with chef 11, can remove with chef 12
+cookbook 'windows', '1.40.0' # keep for compatiblity with chef 11, can remove with chef 12
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 6582dc1..fdccac0 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
 version          '1.3.1'
 
-depends 'build-essential', '3.2.0'
+depends 'build-essential'
 recipe "rightscale_volume::default", "Default recipe for installing required packages/gems."