diff --git a/lakedrops.yml b/lakedrops.yml
index af4bb05cf8f7ffd12e592d651d5286276beceff0..ab0b54c98cb836e9dcbd0c39bd2d96fa57b385f1 100644
--- a/lakedrops.yml
+++ b/lakedrops.yml
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ variables:
   LAKEDROPS_DEBUG: 0
   LOCALDBFILE: none
   NAMESPACES_CHECK_UPDATE: drupal/* bitegra/* lakedrops/*
-  PHP_MAJOR_VERSION: 7
-  PHP_MINOR_VERSION: 4
+  PHP_MAJOR_VERSION: ${PHP_MAJOR_VERSION:-8}
+  PHP_MINOR_VERSION: ${PHP_MINOR_VERSION:-1}
   PROJECT_BRANCH: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
   SITE_NAME: drupal_${PROJECT_NAME}_$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG
   THEME_BASE_PATH: web/core/themes/olivero