diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index ace65b69b..54dad3778 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 depends 'build-essential', '~> 1.4'
 depends 'ohai',            '~> 1.1'
 depends 'runit',           '~> 1.2'
-depends 'yum',             '~> 2.3'
+depends 'yum',             '< 3'
 
 supports 'amazon'
 supports 'centos'