diff --git a/voxpupuli-release.gemspec b/voxpupuli-release.gemspec
index 1606c88..71b46cb 100644
--- a/voxpupuli-release.gemspec
+++ b/voxpupuli-release.gemspec
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency 'github_changelog_generator', '~> 1.16', '>= 1.16.4'
   s.add_dependency 'puppet-blacksmith', '~> 8.0'
   s.add_dependency 'puppet-strings', '~> 4'
+  # workaround for https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet-strings/pull/404
+  s.add_dependency 'puppet', '>= 7', '< 9'
   s.add_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.0', '>= 13.0.6'
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'voxpupuli-rubocop', '~> 3.0.0'