diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index aeff2704..b31abcd0 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "puppetlabs/apache",
-            "version_requirement": ">=5.0.0"
+            "version_requirement": ">=5.0.0 <9.0.0"
         },
         {
             "name": "puppetlabs/xinetd",