diff --git a/test/kitchen/cookbooks/apache2_test/metadata.rb b/test/kitchen/cookbooks/apache2_test/metadata.rb
index 95dc6a475..707733588 100644
--- a/test/kitchen/cookbooks/apache2_test/metadata.rb
+++ b/test/kitchen/cookbooks/apache2_test/metadata.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 depends          "jpackage"
 depends          "openldap"
 depends          "tomcat"
-depends          "yum", '< 3'
+depends          "yum", '< 3.0'
 
 recipe           "apache2_test::default", "Test example for default recipe"
 recipe           "apache2_test::mod_auth_basic", "Test example for basic authentication"