diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b5659af..07df851 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ This file is used to list changes made in each version of the openstack-ops-data
 * Switching mysql server recipe to use resource and set password
   directly
 * Bump mysql cookbook version for above password patch  
+
+* Bump Chef gem to 11.16
   
 ## 9.2.0
 * Update database and mysql dependency
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 23fa5ad..65168d6 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
-gem 'chef', '~> 11.12.0'
+gem 'chef', '~> 11.16.0'
 gem 'json', '<= 1.7.7' # chef 11 dependency
 gem 'berkshelf', '~> 3.1.5'
 gem 'hashie', '~> 2.0'