diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 9e44920e..7e632821 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 		"issues": "https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/mediawiki-extensions-universallanguageselector/"
 	},
 	"require": {
-		"php": ">=7.1",
+		"php": ">=7.4",
 		"composer/installers": ">=1.0.1"
 	},
 	"suggest": {