diff --git a/libraries/resource_chef_dk_app_rhel.rb b/libraries/resource_chef_dk_app_rhel.rb
index 45da7eb..debb710 100644
--- a/libraries/resource_chef_dk_app_rhel.rb
+++ b/libraries/resource_chef_dk_app_rhel.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
+require 'chef/mixin/shell_out'
 require_relative 'resource_chef_dk_app'
 
 class Chef
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ class Resource
     #
     # @author Jonathan Hartman <j@p4nt5.com>
     class ChefDkAppRhel < ChefDkApp
+      include Chef::Mixin::ShellOut
+
       provides :chef_dk_app, platform_family: 'rhel'
       provides :chef_dk_app, platform: 'fedora'
 
@@ -107,19 +110,17 @@ class ChefDkAppRhel < ChefDkApp
       end
 
       #
-      # Use Chef's Package resource and Yum provider to find the currently
-      # installed version. We need to use Yum instead of Rpm here because the
-      # Rpm provider won't check for a version if no source property is
-      # offered.
+      # Shell out to the RPM command to get the currently installed version.
+      # We can't use a Chef provider here because the Rpm provider requires a
+      # source property that we don't have and the Yum provider has issues on
+      # Fedora.
       #
       # (see Chef::Resource::ChefDkApp#installed_version)
       #
       def installed_version
-        res = Chef::Resource::Package.new('chefdk', run_context)
-        prov = Chef::Provider::Package::Yum.new(res, run_context)
-        ver = prov.load_current_resource.version
-        return false if ver.nil?
-        ver = ver.split('-').first
+        sh = shell_out('rpm -q --info chefdk')
+        return false if sh.exitstatus.nonzero?
+        ver = sh.stdout.match(/^Version\W+:\W+([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)$/)[1]
         ver == package_metadata[:version] ? 'latest' : ver
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/resources/chef_dk_app/rhel.rb b/spec/resources/chef_dk_app/rhel.rb
index 2036bc9..3f7ae91 100644
--- a/spec/resources/chef_dk_app/rhel.rb
+++ b/spec/resources/chef_dk_app/rhel.rb
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@
   include_context 'resources::chef_dk_app'
 
   before(:each) do
-    allow_any_instance_of(Chef::Provider::Package::Yum)
-      .to receive(:load_current_resource)
-      .and_return(double(version: installed_version))
+    allow_any_instance_of(Chef::Mixin::ShellOut).to receive(:shell_out)
+      .with('rpm -q --info chefdk').and_return(double(
+        exitstatus: installed_version.nil? ? 1 : 0,
+        stdout: "Name        : chefdk\nVersion     : 0.17.17\n" \
+                "Release     : 1.el7\n"
+      ))
   end
 
   shared_examples_for 'any RHEL platform' do