diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 2eac8fbc..97816641 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "puppet-extlib",
-      "version_requirement": ">= 3.0.0 < 8.0.0"
+      "version_requirement": ">= 3.0.0 < 9.0.0"
     }
   ],
   "requirements": [