diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 536bd03d..73f2bc5a 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 gemspec
 
-gem "logger", "< 1.6" # 1.6 causes errors with mixlib-log < 3.1.1
+gem "logger", "< 1.8" # 1.6 causes errors with mixlib-log < 3.1.1
 gem "chefspec"
 gem "appbundler"