diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 35ef40c64..c0a4b3918 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "puppet/extlib",
-      "version_requirement": ">= 3.0.0 < 7.0.0"
+      "version_requirement": ">= 3.0.0 < 8.0.0"
     },
     {
       "name": "puppet/redis",