diff --git a/lib/plugins/inspec-init/templates/profiles/azure/inspec.yml b/lib/plugins/inspec-init/templates/profiles/azure/inspec.yml
index 8013ffa04..0f5469be9 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/inspec-init/templates/profiles/azure/inspec.yml
+++ b/lib/plugins/inspec-init/templates/profiles/azure/inspec.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ copyright_email: you@example.com
 license: Apache-2.0
 summary: An InSpec Compliance Profile For Azure
 version: 0.1.0
-inspec_version: '>= 3.7'
+inspec_version: '>= 2.2.7'
 depends:
 - name: inspec-azure
   url: https://github.com/inspec/inspec-azure/archive/master.tar.gz