diff --git a/manifests/instance.pp b/manifests/instance.pp
index 90c8dde..3d688fa 100644
--- a/manifests/instance.pp
+++ b/manifests/instance.pp
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
     mode    => '0755',
     owner   => $user,
     group   => $group,
-    content => epp('github_actions_runner/configure_install_runner.sh.epp', {
+    content => stdlib::deferrable_epp('github_actions_runner/configure_install_runner.sh.epp', {
       personal_access_token => $personal_access_token,
       token_url             => $token_url,
       instance_name         => $instance_name,
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 2916211..0848c1b 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   "dependencies": [
     {
       "name": "puppetlabs-stdlib",
-      "version_requirement": ">= 1.0.0 < 7.0.0"
+      "version_requirement": ">= 8.4.0 < 10.0.0"
     },
     {
       "name": "camptocamp/systemd",
diff --git a/templates/configure_install_runner.sh.epp b/templates/configure_install_runner.sh.epp
index bc5abe2..31c14f1 100644
--- a/templates/configure_install_runner.sh.epp
+++ b/templates/configure_install_runner.sh.epp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <%- | String $personal_access_token,
       String $token_url,
       String $instance_name,
-      Stdlib::Absolutepath $root_dir,
+      String $root_dir,
       String $url,
       String $hostname,
       String $assured_labels,