diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 26e3206..9695e82 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "issues_url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/puppet-midonet",
   "dependencies": [
     { "name":"puppetlabs-inifile", "version_requirement": ">=1.0.0 <2.0.0" },
-    { "name":"puppetlabs-apt","version_requirement":">=1.7.0 <2.0.0" },
+    { "name":"puppetlabs-apt","version_requirement":">=1.7.0 <2.4.0" },
     { "name":"puppetlabs-java","version_requirement":">=1.3.0" },
     { "name":"puppetlabs-tomcat","version_requirement":">=1.2.0" },
     { "name":"puppetlabs-stdlib","version_requirement":">= 4.2.0 < 5.0.0" },