diff --git a/.expeditor/verify.pipeline.yml b/.expeditor/verify.pipeline.yml
index 470fb9a48..1bc03e8c1 100644
--- a/.expeditor/verify.pipeline.yml
+++ b/.expeditor/verify.pipeline.yml
@@ -11,54 +11,15 @@ expeditor:
 
 steps:
 
-- label: run-specs-ruby-2.7
+- label: run-specs-ruby-3.3
   command:
     - .expeditor/run_linux_tests.sh "rake spec"
   expeditor:
     executor:
       docker:
-        image: ruby:2.7
+        image: ruby:3.3
 
-- label: run-specs-ruby-3.0
-  command:
-    - .expeditor/run_linux_tests.sh "rake spec"
-  expeditor:
-    executor:
-      docker:
-        image: ruby:3.0
-
-- label: run-specs-ruby-3.1
-  command:
-    - .expeditor/run_linux_tests.sh "rake spec"
-  expeditor:
-    executor:
-      docker:
-        image: ruby:3.1
-
-
-- label: run-specs-ruby-2.7-windows
-  command:
-    - .expeditor/run_windows_tests.ps1
-  expeditor:
-    executor:
-      docker:
-        host_os: windows
-        shell: ["powershell", "-Command"]
-        image: rubydistros/windows-2019:2.7
-        user: 'NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM'
-
-- label: run-specs-ruby-3.0-windows
-  command:
-    - .expeditor/run_windows_tests.ps1
-  expeditor:
-    executor:
-      docker:
-        host_os: windows
-        shell: ["powershell", "-Command"]
-        image: rubydistros/windows-2019:3.0
-        user: 'NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM'
-
-- label: run-specs-ruby-3.1-windows
+- label: run-specs-ruby-3.3-windows
   command:
     - .expeditor/run_windows_tests.ps1
   expeditor:
@@ -66,5 +27,5 @@ steps:
       docker:
         host_os: windows
         shell: ["powershell", "-Command"]
-        image: rubydistros/windows-2019:3.1
+        image: rubydistros/windows-2019:3.3
         user: 'NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM'  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
index 7e5b422cc..48fba284e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
       with:
-        ruby-version: 3.1
+        ruby-version: 3.3
         bundler-cache: true
     - uses: r7kamura/rubocop-problem-matchers-action@v1 # this shows the failures in the PR
     - run: bundle exec chefstyle
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Set up ruby 3.1
+      - name: Set up ruby 3.3
         uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
         with:
-          ruby-version: 3.1
+          ruby-version: 3.3
           bundler-cache: true
       - name: run specs
         run: bundle exec rake spec --trace
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 28401af41..31188c5c4 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 gemspec
 
 group :development do
-  gem "chefstyle", "2.2.2"
+  gem "chefstyle", "2.2.3"
   gem "rake", ">= 10.1.0"
-  gem "rspec", "~> 3.0"
+  gem "rspec", "~> 3.12"
   gem "simplecov"
 end
 
diff --git a/chef-apply.gemspec b/chef-apply.gemspec
index 4f2621c09..57ac6378b 100644
--- a/chef-apply.gemspec
+++ b/chef-apply.gemspec
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.description   = "Ad-hoc management of individual nodes and devices."
   spec.homepage      = "https://github.com/chef/chef-apply"
   spec.license       = "Apache-2.0"
-  spec.required_ruby_version = ">= 2.7"
+  spec.required_ruby_version = ">= 3.3"
 
   spec.files = %w{Rakefile LICENSE warning.txt} +
     Dir.glob("Gemfile*") + # Includes Gemfile and locks
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_dependency "train-winrm" # winrm transports were pulled out into this plugin
   spec.add_dependency "pastel" # A color library
   spec.add_dependency "tty-spinner" # Pretty output for status updates in the CLI
-  spec.add_dependency "chef", ">= 16.0" # Needed to load cookbooks
+  spec.add_dependency "chef", "~> 18.0"
   spec.add_dependency "chef-cli", ">= 2.0.10 " # Policyfile
   spec.add_dependency "chef-telemetry", ">= 1.0.2"
   spec.add_dependency "license-acceptance", ">= 1.0.11", "< 3"