diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7d8bfa1f2f..687b5c59f9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ Download the latest release from our [website](http://www.espocrm.com).
 
 ### Requirements
 
-* PHP 7.1 or above (with pdo, json, gd, openssl, zip, imap, mbstring, curl extensions);
-* MySQL 5.6.0 or above, or MariaDB.
+* PHP 7.2 and later (with pdo, json, gd, openssl, zip, imap, mbstring, curl extensions);
+* MySQL 5.7 (and later), or MariaDB 10.1 (and later).
 
 For more information about server configuration see [this article](https://www.espocrm.com/documentation/administration/server-configuration/).
 
diff --git a/application/Espo/Core/defaults/systemConfig.php b/application/Espo/Core/defaults/systemConfig.php
index 008c7b5ed6..b3ade1e955 100644
--- a/application/Espo/Core/defaults/systemConfig.php
+++ b/application/Espo/Core/defaults/systemConfig.php
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ return [
     'ldapUserEmailAddressAttribute' => 'mail',
     'ldapUserPhoneNumberAttribute' => 'telephoneNumber',
     'ldapUserObjectClass' => 'person',
-    'requiredPhpVersion' => '7.1.0',
+    'requiredPhpVersion' => '7.2.0',
     'requiredPhpLibs' => [
         'json',
         'openssl',
@@ -281,9 +281,9 @@ return [
         'post_max_size' => '20M',
         'upload_max_filesize' => '20M',
     ],
-    'requiredMysqlVersion' => '5.6.0',
+    'requiredMysqlVersion' => '5.7.0',
     'recommendedMysqlParams' => [],
-    'requiredMariadbVersion' => '10.0.0',
+    'requiredMariadbVersion' => '10.1.0',
     'recommendedMariadbParams' => [],
     'ldapPortalUserLdapAuth' => false,
     'passwordGenerateLength' => 10,
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index cbe423a919..966821993f 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "homepage": "https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm.git",
     "license": "GPL-3.0-only",
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=7.1.0",
+        "php": ">=7.2.0",
         "ext-pdo_mysql": "*",
         "ext-openssl": "*",
         "ext-json": "*",