Error installing chef-reporting gem on older chef-clients

.kitchen.yml

---
driver:
  name: vagrant

provisioner:
  name: chef_zero

platforms:
  - name: ubuntu-12.04-11.16.0
    driver:
      box: opscode-ubuntu-12.04
      box_url: https://opscode-vm-bento.s3.amazonaws.com/vagrant/opscode_ubuntu-12.04_provisionerless.box
      require_chef_omnibus: 11.16.0
      
suites:
  - name: 11.16.0
      provision: true
    

Commands

# Using above .kitchen.yml:
$ kitchen converge
$ kitchen login
vagrant@11160-ubuntu-1204-11160:~$ sudo /opt/chef/embedded/bin/gem install chef-reporting
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Gem::DependencyError)
    Unable to resolve dependencies: ohai requires chef-config (< 13, >= 12.5.0.alpha.1)
vagrant@11160-ubuntu-1204-11160:~$