diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 28c8792..055336f 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 		}
 	],
 	"require": {
-		"php": ">=7.3",
+		"php": ">=7.9",
 		"composer/installers": "1.*,>=1.0.1",
 		"mediawiki/semantic-media-wiki": "~3.0|~4.0|~5.0",
 		"mediawiki/page-forms": ">=5.3.0"