diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 1fdcfa03..cc97f3b0 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@
   "requirements": [
     {
       "name": "puppet",
-      "version_requirement": ">= 4.7.0 < 7.0.0"
+      "version_requirement": ">= 5.5.10 < 7.0.0"
     }
   ],
   "template-url": "https://github.com/puppetlabs/pdk-templates",
   "template-ref": "heads/master-0-gfde5699",
   "pdk-version": "1.8.0"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}