diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 657ec47..b2bca95 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
         "source": "https://github.com/cakephp/queue"
     },
     "require": {
+        "php": ">=7.2",
         "cakephp/cakephp": "^4.0",
         "enqueue/simple-client": "^0.9",
         "psr/log": "^1.0"