diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 64815ec..5bacd89 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
   "dependencies": [
     {
       "name": "stm/debconf",
-      "version_requirement": ">= 2.0.0 < 7.0.0"
+      "version_requirement": ">= 2.0.0 < 8.0.0"
     }
   ],
   "tags": [