diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
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new mode 100644
index 2a4a911..ffafe37
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ gemspec
 group :test do
   gem "activesupport", "< 6" # this dep can be removed when we drop Ruby 2.4 support
   gem "chefstyle"
-  gem "cucumber", "< 5" # remove the version pin when we drop Ruby 2.4 support
+  gem "cucumber", "< 8" # remove the version pin when we drop Ruby 2.4 support
   gem "rake"
   gem "rspec", "~> 3.7"
   gem "rubocop-ast", "= 1.4.1" # Drop this dependency/version when we remove ruby-2.4 support