diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 11d7d488..8537e4ef 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ gemspec
 
 gem "logger", "< 1.6" # 1.6 causes errors with mixlib-log < 3.1.1
 gem "chefspec"
-gem "syslog"
 
 group :test do
   gem "rake"
diff --git a/chef-cli.gemspec b/chef-cli.gemspec
index b640dbcb..7d2b2f4f 100644
--- a/chef-cli.gemspec
+++ b/chef-cli.gemspec
@@ -51,4 +51,10 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_dependency "pastel", "~> 0.7" # used for policyfile differ
   gem.add_dependency "license-acceptance", ">= 1.0.11", "< 3"
   gem.add_dependency "chef-licensing", "~> 1.0"
+
+  # This gem was removed from the Ruby standard library starting with version 3.4
+  # See: https://stdgems.org/new-in/3.4
+  if Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new("3.4")
+    gem.add_dependency "syslog", "~> 0.3"
+  end
 end