diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index eed1fec4..742abceb 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dev_dependencies:
   build_test: ^2.1.2
   build_web_compilers: '>=3.2.6 < 5.0.0'
   collection: ^1.15.0
-  dependency_validator: ^3.0.0
+  dependency_validator: ">=3.0.0 <6.0.0"
   json_serializable: ^6.6.1
   lints: ^5.0.0
   nock: ^1.1.3