diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index e228b022..92f66bff 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 supports 'freebsd'
 
 depends 'build-essential'
-depends 'golang', '~> 1.7'
+depends 'golang', '>= 0.0.0'
 depends 'poise', '~> 2.6'
 depends 'poise-service', '~> 1.1'
 depends 'rubyzip', '~> 1.0'