diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 1f388f25e..96b686234 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 gemspec name: "train"
 
+if Gem.ruby_version.to_s.start_with?("2.5")
+  # 16.7.23 required ruby 2.6+
+  gem "chef-utils", "< 16.7.23" # TODO: remove when we drop ruby 2.5
+end
+
 group :test do
   gem "coveralls", require: false
   gem "minitest", "~> 5.8"
@@ -19,10 +24,12 @@ group :test do
   gem "mocha", "~> 1.1"
 end
 
-group :integration do
-  gem "berkshelf", ">= 6.0"
-  gem "test-kitchen", ">= 2"
-  gem "kitchen-vagrant"
+if Gem.ruby_version >= Gem::Version.new("2.7.0")
+  group :integration do
+    gem "berkshelf", ">= 6.0"
+    gem "test-kitchen", ">= 2"
+    gem "kitchen-vagrant"
+  end
 end
 
 group :tools do
diff --git a/test/unit/file/remote/linux_test.rb b/test/unit/file/remote/linux_test.rb
index 8fc580dc7..a8cb7d90c 100644
--- a/test/unit/file/remote/linux_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/file/remote/linux_test.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def mock_stat(args, out, err = "", code = 0)
 
   it "reads file contents" do
     out = rand.to_s
-    backend.mock_command('cat /spaced\\ path || echo -n', out)
+    backend.mock_command("cat /spaced\\ path || echo -n", out)
     _(cls.new(backend, "/spaced path").content).must_equal out
   end