diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 86c47b39..77494487 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "dependencies": [
         {
             "name": "puppetlabs/apache",
-            "version_requirement": ">=5.0.0"
+            "version_requirement": ">=5.0.0 <9.0.0"
         },
         {
             "name": "puppetlabs/inifile",