diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 0313520f..297e70ae 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # -*- mode: ruby -*-
 # vi: set ft=ruby :
+# 
+#
 
 Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
 
@@ -9,20 +11,23 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
   pgcli_description = "Postgres CLI with autocompletion and syntax highlighting"
 
   config.vm.define "debian" do |debian|
-    debian.vm.box = "chef/debian-7.8"
+    debian.vm.box = "bento/debian-10.8"
     debian.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
-    echo "-> Building DEB on `lsb_release -s`"
+    echo "-> Building DEB on `lsb_release -d`"
     sudo apt-get update
     sudo apt-get install -y libpq-dev python-dev python-setuptools rubygems
-    sudo easy_install pip
-    sudo pip install virtualenv virtualenv-tools
+    sudo apt install -y python3-pip
+    sudo pip3 install --no-cache-dir virtualenv virtualenv-tools3
+    sudo apt-get install -y ruby-dev
+    sudo apt-get install -y git
+    sudo apt-get install -y rpm librpmbuild8
+
     sudo gem install fpm
+
     echo "-> Cleaning up old workspace"
-    rm -rf build
+    sudo rm -rf build
     mkdir -p build/usr/share
     virtualenv build/usr/share/pgcli
-    build/usr/share/pgcli/bin/pip install -U pip distribute
-    build/usr/share/pgcli/bin/pip uninstall -y distribute
     build/usr/share/pgcli/bin/pip install /pgcli
 
     echo "-> Cleaning Virtualenv"
@@ -45,24 +50,59 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
         --url https://github.com/dbcli/pgcli \
         --description "#{pgcli_description}" \
         --license 'BSD'
+
     SHELL
   end
 
+  
+# This is considerably more messy than the debian section.  I had to go off-standard to update
+# some packages to get this to work.
+
   config.vm.define "centos" do |centos|
-    centos.vm.box = "chef/centos-7.0"
+
+    centos.vm.box = "bento/centos-7.9"
+    centos.vm.box_version = "202012.21.0"
     centos.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
     #!/bin/bash
-    echo "-> Building RPM on `lsb_release -s`"
-    sudo yum install -y rpm-build gcc ruby-devel postgresql-devel python-devel rubygems
-    sudo easy_install pip
-    sudo pip install virtualenv virtualenv-tools
-    sudo gem install fpm
+    echo "-> Building RPM on `hostnamectl | grep "Operating System"`"
+    export PATH=/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.6.3/bin:/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.6.3@global/bin:/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.6.3/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/rvm/bin:/root/bin
+    echo "PATH -> " $PATH
+
+#####
+### get base updates
+
+    sudo yum install -y rpm-build gcc postgresql-devel python-devel  python3-pip git python3-devel
+
+######
+### install FPM, which we need to install to get an up-to-date version of ruby, which we need for git
+
+    echo "-> Get FPM installed"
+    # import the necessary GPG keys
+    gpg --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3 7D2BAF1CF37B13E2069D6956105BD0E739499BDB
+    sudo gpg --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3 7D2BAF1CF37B13E2069D6956105BD0E739499BDB
+    # install RVM
+    sudo curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | sudo bash -s stable
+    sudo usermod -aG rvm vagrant
+    sudo usermod -aG rvm root
+    sudo /usr/local/rvm/bin/rvm alias create default 2.6.3
+    source /etc/profile.d/rvm.sh
+    
+    # install a newer version of ruby.  centos7 only comes with ruby2.0.0, which isn't good enough for git.
+    sudo yum install -y ruby-devel
+    sudo /usr/local/rvm/bin/rvm install 2.6.3
+    
+    #
+    # yes,this gives an error about generating doc but we don't need the doc. 
+
+    /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.6.3/wrappers/gem install fpm
+
+######
+
+    sudo pip3 install virtualenv virtualenv-tools3
     echo "-> Cleaning up old workspace"
     rm -rf build
     mkdir -p build/usr/share
     virtualenv build/usr/share/pgcli
-    build/usr/share/pgcli/bin/pip install -U pip distribute
-    build/usr/share/pgcli/bin/pip uninstall -y distribute
     build/usr/share/pgcli/bin/pip install /pgcli
 
     echo "-> Cleaning Virtualenv"
@@ -74,9 +114,9 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
     find build -iname '*.pyc' -delete
     find build -iname '*.pyo' -delete
 
+    cd /home/vagrant
     echo "-> Creating PgCLI RPM"
-    echo $PATH
-    sudo /usr/local/bin/fpm -t rpm -s dir -C build -n pgcli -v #{pgcli_version} \
+    /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.6.3/gems/fpm-1.12.0/bin/fpm -t rpm -s dir -C build -n pgcli -v #{pgcli_version} \
         -a all \
         -d postgresql-devel \
         -d python-devel \
@@ -86,8 +126,13 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
         --url https://github.com/dbcli/pgcli \
         --description "#{pgcli_description}" \
         --license 'BSD'
-    SHELL
+
+
+  SHELL
+
+
   end
 
+
 end