diff --git a/sysutils/rubygem-chef-dk/Makefile b/sysutils/rubygem-chef-dk/Makefile
index 6bd3be8205b3..d676cdce6540 100644
--- a/sysutils/rubygem-chef-dk/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/rubygem-chef-dk/Makefile
@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@ LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-addressable25>=2.3.5<2.6:www/rubygem-addressable25 \
-		rubygem-chef>=13.0:sysutils/rubygem-chef \
-		rubygem-chef-provisioning>=2.0:devel/rubygem-chef-provisioning \
-		rubygem-cookbook-omnifetch>=0.5:devel/rubygem-cookbook-omnifetch \
-		rubygem-diff-lcs>=1.0:textproc/rubygem-diff-lcs \
-		rubygem-ffi-yajl>=1.0:devel/rubygem-ffi-yajl \
-		rubygem-minitar>=0.6:archivers/rubygem-minitar \
-		rubygem-mixlib-cli>=1.7:devel/rubygem-mixlib-cli \
-		rubygem-mixlib-shellout>=2.0:devel/rubygem-mixlib-shellout \
-		rubygem-paint1>=1.0:devel/rubygem-paint1 \
-		rubygem-solve>=2.0:devel/rubygem-solve
+		rubygem-chef>=13.0<14:sysutils/rubygem-chef \
+		rubygem-chef-provisioning>=2.0<3:devel/rubygem-chef-provisioning \
+		rubygem-cookbook-omnifetch>=0.5<1:devel/rubygem-cookbook-omnifetch \
+		rubygem-diff-lcs>=1.0<2:textproc/rubygem-diff-lcs \
+		rubygem-ffi-yajl>=1.0<3.0:devel/rubygem-ffi-yajl \
+		rubygem-minitar>=0.6<1:archivers/rubygem-minitar \
+		rubygem-mixlib-cli>=1.7<2:devel/rubygem-mixlib-cli \
+		rubygem-mixlib-shellout>=2.0<3:devel/rubygem-mixlib-shellout \
+		rubygem-paint1>=1.0<2:devel/rubygem-paint1 \
+		rubygem-solve>=2.0<5.0:devel/rubygem-solve
 
 USES=		gem
 USE_RUBY=	yes