diff --git a/chef-cli.gemspec b/chef-cli.gemspec
index 1a4018f9..08328483 100644
--- a/chef-cli.gemspec
+++ b/chef-cli.gemspec
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_dependency "mixlib-shellout", ">= 2.0", "< 4.0"
   gem.add_dependency "ffi-yajl", ">= 1.0", "< 3.0"
   gem.add_dependency "minitar", "~> 0.6"
-  gem.add_dependency "chef", ">= 16.0"
+  if RUBY_VERSION.match?(/3.1/)
+    gem.add_dependency "chef", "~> 18.0"
+  else
+    gem.add_dependency "chef", ">= 16.0"
+  end
   gem.add_dependency "solve", "< 5.0", "> 2.0"
   gem.add_dependency "addressable", ">= 2.3.5", "< 2.9"
   gem.add_dependency "cookbook-omnifetch", "~> 0.5"