diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 348ca30e5e..689ab45afc 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "puppet/systemd",
-      "version_requirement": ">= 4.0.1 < 7.0.0"
+      "version_requirement": ">= 4.0.1 < 8.0.0"
     },
     {
       "name": "puppetlabs/concat",