diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 6f5a8c01e2..901e061fb4 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "homepage": "https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm.git",
     "license": "GPL-3.0-only",
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=7.4.0",
+        "php": "~7.4.0 || ~8.0.0 || ~8.1.0",
         "ext-pdo_mysql": "*",
         "ext-openssl": "*",
         "ext-json": "*",