diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 0286006772..28fe40f86e 100755
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "require": {
-    "php": ">=7.0.0",
+    "php": ">=7.1.0",
     "ext-intl": "*",
     "ext-bcmath": "*",
     "ext-mbstring": "*",