diff --git a/buildserver/Vagrantfile b/buildserver/Vagrantfile
index a7b1745f..3e04fbc1 100644
--- a/buildserver/Vagrantfile
+++ b/buildserver/Vagrantfile
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
     args: [configfile['debian_mirror']]
 
   config.vm.provision :chef_solo do |chef|
+    chef.channel = "stable"
+    chef.version = "12.10.24"
     chef.cookbooks_path = "cookbooks"
     chef.log_level = :debug
     chef.add_recipe "kivy"