diff --git a/admin/framework/composer.json b/admin/framework/composer.json
index df3468dba7..e5e88487cf 100644
--- a/admin/framework/composer.json
+++ b/admin/framework/composer.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	"homepage": "https://codeigniter.com",
 	"license": "MIT",
 	"require": {
-		"php": "^7.2 || ^8.0",
+		"php": "^7.3||^8.0",
 		"ext-curl": "*",
 		"ext-intl": "*",
 		"ext-json": "*",
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 		"codeigniter4/codeigniter4-standard": "^1.0",
 		"fakerphp/faker": "^1.9",
 		"mikey179/vfsstream": "^1.6",
-		"phpunit/phpunit": "^8.5",
+		"phpunit/phpunit": "^9.1",
 		"predis/predis": "^1.1",
 		"squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.3"
 	},
diff --git a/admin/module/composer.json b/admin/module/composer.json
index e2f0eee8dd..f2b85c785a 100644
--- a/admin/module/composer.json
+++ b/admin/module/composer.json
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 	"homepage": "https://codeigniter.com",
 	"license": "MIT",
 	"require": {
-		"php": "^7.2 || ^8.0"
+		"php": "^7.3||^8.0"
 	},
 	"require-dev": {
 		"codeigniter4/codeigniter4": "dev-develop",
 		"fakerphp/faker": "^1.9",
 		"mikey179/vfsstream": "^1.6",
-		"phpunit/phpunit": "^8.5"
+		"phpunit/phpunit": "^9.1"
 	},
 	"suggest": {
 		"ext-fileinfo": "Improves mime type detection for files"
diff --git a/admin/starter/composer.json b/admin/starter/composer.json
index 16c99faba7..63112d7990 100644
--- a/admin/starter/composer.json
+++ b/admin/starter/composer.json
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 	"homepage": "https://codeigniter.com",
 	"license": "MIT",
 	"require": {
-		"php": "^7.2 || ^8.0",
+		"php": "^7.3||^8.0",
 		"codeigniter4/framework": "^4"
 	},
 	"require-dev": {
 		"fakerphp/faker": "^1.9",
 		"mikey179/vfsstream": "^1.6",
-		"phpunit/phpunit": "^8.5"
+		"phpunit/phpunit": "^9.1"
 	},
 	"suggest": {
 		"ext-fileinfo": "Improves mime type detection for files"
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index be1033f5f9..9516cd3901 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	"homepage": "https://codeigniter.com",
 	"license": "MIT",
 	"require": {
-		"php": "^7.2 || ^8.0",
+		"php": "^7.3||^8.0",
 		"ext-curl": "*",
 		"ext-intl": "*",
 		"ext-json": "*",
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 		"codeigniter4/codeigniter4-standard": "^1.0",
 		"fakerphp/faker": "^1.9",
 		"mikey179/vfsstream": "^1.6",
-		"phpstan/phpstan": "0.12.69",
-		"phpunit/phpunit": "^8.5 || ^9.1",
+		"phpstan/phpstan": "^0.12",
+		"phpunit/phpunit": "^9.1",
 		"predis/predis": "^1.1",
 		"rector/rector": "^0.8",
 		"squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.3"