diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index e3caa574..801abb20 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "puppetlabs-apt",
-      "version_requirement": "< 10.0.0"
+      "version_requirement": ">= 7.7.0 < 10.0.0"
     },
     {
       "name": "puppet-archive",