diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 32f00d5..12d7a45 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Thanks Mark!
 
 The following requirements are needed by this module:
 
-- <a name="requirement_terraform"></a> [terraform](#requirement\_terraform) (>= 1.0.0)
+- <a name="requirement_terraform"></a> [terraform](#requirement\_terraform) (~> 1.6)
 
 - <a name="requirement_terraform"></a> [terraform](#requirement\_terraform) (~> 1.6)
 
diff --git a/terraform.tf b/terraform.tf
index 5c7385e..9dfc1af 100644
--- a/terraform.tf
+++ b/terraform.tf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 terraform {
-  required_version = ">= 1.0.0"
+  required_version = "~> 1.6"
   required_providers {
     azurerm = {
       source  = "hashicorp/azurerm"