diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 9a4aefcb..15d18e62 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "puppet/systemd",
-      "version_requirement": ">= 0.4.0 <8.0.0"
+      "version_requirement": ">= 0.4.0 <9.0.0"
     }
   ],
   "operatingsystem_support": [