diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index d2fa752d..d1daa6e0 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dependencies:
   args: "^0.13.0"
   coverage: "^0.7.2"
   dart_style: ">=0.1.8 <0.3.0"
-  dartdoc: "^0.4.0"
+  dartdoc: ">=0.4.0 <0.9.0"
   path: "^1.3.6"
   test: "^0.12.0"
   yaml: "^2.1.0"
diff --git a/test/fixtures/docs/docs/pubspec.yaml b/test/fixtures/docs/docs/pubspec.yaml
index 5a03ad1f..b8e5403d 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/docs/docs/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/test/fixtures/docs/docs/pubspec.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ version: 0.0.0
 dev_dependencies:
   dart_dev:
     path: ../../../..
-  dartdoc: "^0.4.0"
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+  dartdoc: ">=0.4.0 <0.9.0"
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