diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 1e3fcfcffe..179770fbef 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 		"issues": "https://github.com/friendica/friendica/issues"
 	},
 	"require": {
-		"php": ">=7.0",
+		"php": ">=7.2",
 		"ext-ctype": "*",
 		"ext-curl": "*",
 		"ext-dom": "*",