diff --git a/omnibus/Gemfile b/omnibus/Gemfile
index 75bfe54c5..9b0dc4e0f 100644
--- a/omnibus/Gemfile
+++ b/omnibus/Gemfile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ gem "omnibus-software", github: ENV.fetch("OMNIBUS_SOFTWARE_GITHUB_REPO", "chef/
 gem "artifactory"
 
 gem "ffi", ">= 1.9.14", "!= 1.13.0"
+gem "ffi-yajl", "!= 2.6.0"
 
 # This development group is installed by default when you run `bundle install`,
 # but if you are using Omnibus in a CI-based infrastructure, you do not need
diff --git a/omnibus/Gemfile.lock b/omnibus/Gemfile.lock
index 6fd4b457b..26b1850d7 100644
--- a/omnibus/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/omnibus/Gemfile.lock
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ GEM
       ffi (~> 1.0)
     ffi-win32-extensions (1.0.4)
       ffi
-    ffi-yajl (2.6.0)
+    ffi-yajl (2.4.0)
       libyajl2 (>= 1.2)
     fuzzyurl (0.9.0)
     gssapi (1.3.1)