diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 59c1f9542ebd1..1305577cff46f 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ npm run test:ui:runner
 
 Packages are built using fpm, pleaserun, dpkg, and rpm.  fpm and pleaserun can be installed using gem.  Package building has only been tested on Linux and is not supported on any other platform.
 ```sh
-gem install pleaserun
-apt-get install ruby-dev
-gem install fpm
+apt-get install ruby-dev rpm
+gem install fpm -v 1.5.0 # required by pleaserun 0.0.16
+gem install pleaserun -v 0.0.16 # higher versions fail at the moment
 npm run build:ospackages
 ```