diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 11648662..b6918aaa 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ group :test do
   gem "rspec-mocks", "~> 3.8"
   gem "cookstyle", "=7.7.2" # this forces dependabot PRs to open which triggers cookstyle CI on the chef generate command
   gem "chefstyle", "=1.6.2"
-  gem "test-kitchen", "=3.5.1"
+  gem "test-kitchen", "=3.5.1" # pinning test-kitchen to 3.5.1 which supports ruby < 3.1 . Need to update this to latest once we update the ruby to 3.1 and chef to 18.x in chef-cli
 
   if Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) < Gem::Version.new("2.6")
     gem "chef-zero", "~> 14"