diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index c580fed0..38d74314 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "puppetlabs/apt",
-      "version_requirement": ">= 4.4.0 < 6.0.0"
+      "version_requirement": ">= 4.4.0 < 5.0.0"
     },
     {
       "name": "puppetlabs/inifile",