diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index caecce266..24537843a 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ group(:omnibus_package) do
   # gems to Rubygems now, so letting this float on latest should always give us the latest
   # stable release. May have to re-pin around major version bumping time, or during patch
   # fixes.
-  gem "chef", "= 15.0.298"
-  gem "chef-bin", "= 15.0.298"
+  gem "chef", "= 15.0.300"
+  gem "chef-bin", "= 15.0.300"
   gem "cheffish", ">= 14.0.1"
   gem "chefspec", ">= 7.3.0"
   gem "fauxhai", "~> 7.0"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index f0ab9b62e..e8dffc60b 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ GEM
     aws-sdk-rds (1.52.0)
       aws-sdk-core (~> 3, >= 3.52.1)
       aws-sigv4 (~> 1.1)
-    aws-sdk-s3 (1.38.0)
+    aws-sdk-s3 (1.39.0)
       aws-sdk-core (~> 3, >= 3.52.1)
       aws-sdk-kms (~> 1)
       aws-sigv4 (~> 1.0)
@@ -117,11 +117,11 @@ GEM
       debug_inspector (>= 0.0.1)
     builder (3.2.3)
     byebug (11.0.1)
-    chef (15.0.298)
+    chef (15.0.300)
       addressable
       bcrypt_pbkdf (~> 1.0)
       bundler (>= 1.10)
-      chef-config (= 15.0.298)
+      chef-config (= 15.0.300)
       chef-zero (>= 14.0.11)
       diff-lcs (~> 1.2, >= 1.2.4)
       ed25519 (~> 1.2)
@@ -147,11 +147,11 @@ GEM
       train-core (~> 2.0, >= 2.0.12)
       tty-screen (~> 0.6)
       uuidtools (~> 2.1.5)
-    chef (15.0.298-universal-mingw32)
+    chef (15.0.300-universal-mingw32)
       addressable
       bcrypt_pbkdf (~> 1.0)
       bundler (>= 1.10)
-      chef-config (= 15.0.298)
+      chef-config (= 15.0.300)
       chef-zero (>= 14.0.11)
       diff-lcs (~> 1.2, >= 1.2.4)
       ed25519 (~> 1.2)
@@ -206,9 +206,9 @@ GEM
       toml-rb
       train
       tty-spinner
-    chef-bin (15.0.298)
-      chef (= 15.0.298)
-    chef-config (15.0.298)
+    chef-bin (15.0.300)
+      chef (= 15.0.300)
+    chef-config (15.0.300)
       addressable
       fuzzyurl
       mixlib-config (>= 2.2.12, < 4.0)
@@ -864,9 +864,9 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   bcrypt_pbkdf
   berkshelf (>= 7.0.5)
   bundler
-  chef (= 15.0.298)
+  chef (= 15.0.300)
   chef-apply
-  chef-bin (= 15.0.298)
+  chef-bin (= 15.0.300)
   chef-dk!
   chef-sugar
   chef-vault (>= 3.4.1)
diff --git a/lib/chef-dk/command/verify.rb b/lib/chef-dk/command/verify.rb
index b438e21e8..9f3d8dcd2 100644
--- a/lib/chef-dk/command/verify.rb
+++ b/lib/chef-dk/command/verify.rb
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def components
         c.smoke_test do
           tmpdir do |cwd|
             FileUtils.touch(File.join(cwd, "apply.rb"))
-            sh("#{bin("chef-apply")} apply.rb", cwd: cwd)
+            sh("#{bin("chef-apply")} apply.rb --chef-license 'accept-no-persist'", cwd: cwd)
           end
         end
       end
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ def components
                 end
               EOF
             end
-            sh("chef-apply foo.rb", cwd: cwd)
+            sh("chef-apply foo.rb --chef-license 'accept-no-persist'", cwd: cwd)
           end
         end
       end