diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 0319f14f..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", ">= 2.11.1"
+  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"
diff --git a/chef-cli.gemspec b/chef-cli.gemspec
index 08328483..2badc276 100644
--- a/chef-cli.gemspec
+++ b/chef-cli.gemspec
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   if RUBY_VERSION.match?(/3.1/)
     gem.add_dependency "chef", "~> 18.0"
   else
-    gem.add_dependency "chef", ">= 16.0"
+    gem.add_dependency "chef", "~> 17.0"
   end
   gem.add_dependency "solve", "< 5.0", "> 2.0"
   gem.add_dependency "addressable", ">= 2.3.5", "< 2.9"
diff --git a/lib/chef-cli/helpers.rb b/lib/chef-cli/helpers.rb
index 9cdabd46..6c72237e 100644
--- a/lib/chef-cli/helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/chef-cli/helpers.rb
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def expected_omnibus_root
 
     def default_package_home
       if Chef::Platform.windows?
-        File.join(ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"], ChefCLI::Dist::PRODUCT_PKG_HOME)
+        File.join(ENV["LOCALAPPDATA"], ChefCLI::Dist::PRODUCT_PKG_HOME).gsub("\\", "/")
       else
         File.expand_path("~/.#{ChefCLI::Dist::PRODUCT_PKG_HOME}")
       end