diff --git a/kitchen.yml b/kitchen.yml
index 9e6b2301..805e8ba6 100644
--- a/kitchen.yml
+++ b/kitchen.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ platforms:
     - wget https://apt.puppet.com/puppet8-release-noble.deb
     - dpkg -i puppet8-release-noble.deb #installs the puppet-agent repo
     - apt-get update
-    - apt-get install -y puppet-agent rubygems ruby-dev make gcc
+    - apt-get install -y puppet-agent rubygems ruby-dev make gcc libyaml-dev
     - ln -s /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet /usr/bin/puppet
 
     - mkdir /home/kitchen/puppet
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ platforms:
     - wget https://apt.puppet.com/puppet8-release-jammy.deb
     - dpkg -i puppet8-release-jammy.deb #installs the puppet-agent repo
     - apt-get update
-    - apt-get install -y puppet-agent rubygems ruby-dev make gcc
+    - apt-get install -y puppet-agent rubygems ruby-dev make gcc libyaml-dev
     - ln -s /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet /usr/bin/puppet
 
     - mkdir /home/kitchen/puppet -p
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ platforms:
     - wget https://apt.puppet.com/puppet7-release-focal.deb
     - dpkg -i puppet7-release-focal.deb #installs the puppet-agent repo
     - apt-get update
-    - apt-get install -y puppet-agent rubygems ruby-dev
+    - apt-get install -y puppet-agent rubygems ruby-dev libyaml-dev
     - ln -s /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet /usr/bin/puppet
 
     - mkdir /home/kitchen/puppet
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ platforms:
     - rpm -Uvh https://yum.puppet.com/puppet8-release-el-9.noarch.rpm #installs the puppet-agent repo
     - yum install -y puppet-agent-8.10.0 rubygems ruby-devel procps-ng
     - dnf group install -y "Development Tools"
+    - dnf install -y dnf-plugins-core
+    - dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
+    - dnf install -y libyaml-devel
     - ln -s /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet /usr/bin/puppet
 
     - mkdir /home/kitchen/puppet -p
@@ -117,6 +120,9 @@ platforms:
     - rpm -Uvh https://yum.puppet.com/puppet8-release-el-9.noarch.rpm #installs the puppet-agent repo
     - yum install -y puppet-agent-8.10.0 rubygems ruby-devel procps-ng
     - dnf group install -y "Development Tools" --nobest
+    - dnf install -y dnf-plugins-core
+    - dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
+    - dnf install -y libyaml-devel
     - ln -s /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet /usr/bin/puppet
 
     - mkdir /home/kitchen/puppet -p