diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 9df4beb7..85ebbf0b 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ group :development do
   gem "contracts", "~> 0.16.1" # pin until we drop ruby < 2.7
   if Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) < Gem::Version.new("3.0.0")
     gem "chef-zero"
-    gem "rspec", "~> 3.4"
+    gem "rspec", "~> 3.12.0"
     gem "aruba", "~> 0.6"
     gem "chef", "~> 14.0"
     gem "chef-utils", "17.10.0" # pin until we drop ruby 2.5
   else
     gem "chef-zero", ">= 15.0.4"
     gem "chef", "~> 17.0"
-    gem "rspec", "~> 3.10.0"
+    gem "rspec", "~> 3.12.0"
     gem "aruba", "~> 1.1"
     gem "knife", "~> 17.0"
     gem "chef-utils", "17.10.0" # pin until we drop ruby >=3