When upgrading to Magento 2.2.5. the module will not upgrade because it is reliant on symfony/console 2.6

Console output when trying to run composer upgrade :

Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.

Problem 1
- Conclusion: don't install jamescowie/composer-patcher dev-master
- Conclusion: remove symfony/console v2.8.42
- Installation request for jamescowie/composer-patcher dev-master -> satisfiable by jamescowie/composer-patcher[dev-master].
- Conclusion: don't install symfony/console v2.8.42
- jamescowie/composer-patcher dev-master requires symfony/console 2.6.* -> satisfiable by symfony/console[v2.6.0, v2.6.0-BETA1, v2.6.0-BETA2, v2.6.1, v2.6.10, v2.6.11, v2.6.12, v2.6.13, v2.6.2, v2.6.3, v2.6.4, v2.6.5, v2.6.6, v2.6.7, v2.6.8, v2.6.9].
- Can only install one of: symfony/console[v2.6.0, v2.8.42].
- Can only install one of: symfony/console[v2.6.0-BETA1, v2.8.42].
- Can only install one of: symfony/console[v2.6.0-BETA2, v2.8.42].
- Can only install one of: symfony/console[v2.6.1, v2.8.42].
- Can only install one of: symfony/console[v2.6.10, v2.8.42].
- Can only install one of: symfony/console[v2.6.11, v2.8.42].
- Can only install one of: symfony/console[v2.6.12, v2.8.42].
- Can only install one of: symfony/console[v2.6.13, v2.8.42].
- Can only install one of: symfony/console[v2.6.2, v2.8.42].
- Can only install one of: symfony/console[v2.6.3, v2.8.42].
- Can only install one of: symfony/console[v2.6.4, v2.8.42].
- Can only install one of: symfony/console[v2.6.5, v2.8.42].
- Can only install one of: symfony/console[v2.6.6, v2.8.42].
- Can only install one of: symfony/console[v2.6.7, v2.8.42].
- Can only install one of: symfony/console[v2.6.8, v2.8.42].
- Can only install one of: symfony/console[v2.6.9, v2.8.42].
- Installation request for symfony/console (locked at v2.8.42) -> satisfiable by symfony/console[v2.8.42].

Installation failed, reverting ./composer.json to its original content.