diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 69f9ab4..a0001f8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ heartbeat Cookbook CHANGELOG
 ============================
 This file is used to list changes made in each version of the heartbeat cookbook.
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- resolved cookstyle error: recipes/default.rb:21:3 refactor: `ChefCorrectness/ChefApplicationFatal`
+
 ## 3.0.0 (2018-07-24)
 
 - Require Chef 13 or later
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index 397a3dd..69f10d8 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #
 
 if platform_family?('rhel', 'fedora') && node['platform_version'].to_i >= 7
-  Chef::Application.fatal!('RHEL 7+ / Fedora no longer contain heartbeat packages. Cannot continue.')
+  raise('RHEL 7+ / Fedora no longer contain heartbeat packages. Cannot continue.')
 end
 
 include_recipe 'yum-epel::default' if platform_family?('rhel')