diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 05a02a1ae1c354a5680e3a258f010f738b8f5bed..3cad641d39b40315c397d2bdc6ba528d5f519173 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         "source": "https://gitlab.lakedrops.com/composer/library/composer-json-utils/tree/master"
     },
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=5.6",
+        "php": ">=7.0",
         "ext-json": "*"
     },
     "require-dev": {