diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index d26bbb05ad9..833bd2a633b 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 		"vendor-dir" : "htdocs/includes"
 	},
 	"require" : {
-		"php" : ">=5.5.0",
+		"php" : ">=5.6.0",
 		"ext-curl" : "*",
 		"ckeditor/ckeditor" : "4.12.1",
 		"mike42/escpos-php" : "2.2",