diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index cd3c50722..5b4c52ca1 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
   "requirements": [
     {
       "name": "puppet",
-      "version_requirement": ">= 4.6.1 < 5.0.0"
+      "version_requirement": ">= 4.7.0 < 5.0.0"
     }
   ],
   "name": "puppet-collectd",