diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 08e3ca9b8..585739b67 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-18.2.0
+18.2.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ohai.gemspec b/ohai.gemspec
index bfb574d1b..e7af4a7c9 100644
--- a/ohai.gemspec
+++ b/ohai.gemspec
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.required_ruby_version = ">= 2.7"
 
-  s.add_dependency "chef-config", ">= 14.12", "< 20"
-  s.add_dependency "chef-utils", ">= 16.0", "< 20"
+  s.add_dependency "chef-config", ">= 14.12", "< 19"
+  s.add_dependency "chef-utils", ">= 16.0", "< 19"
   s.add_dependency "ffi", "~> 1.9"
   s.add_dependency "ffi-yajl", "~> 2.2"
   s.add_dependency "ipaddress"