diff --git a/site-cookbooks/app/metadata.rb b/site-cookbooks/app/metadata.rb
index 8f0b990..5b402e2 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/app/metadata.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/app/metadata.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 depends "php"
 depends "apt"
 depends "openssl"
-depends "mysql"
+depends 'mysql', '~> 5.0' 
 
 %w{ debian ubuntu }.each do |os|
   supports os