diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index ead67e2af..6136cd888 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ dependencies:
 
 dev_dependencies:
   coverage: ">=0.15.0 <2.0.0"
-  file: ^6.1.1
+  file: ">=6.1.1 <8.0.0"
   import_sorter: ^4.6.0
   lints: ^2.0.0
   test: ^1.15.7