diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 49ccd01b..998b0a6a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ and what the different parts of its pipeline are, please refer to the
 
 ## Requirements
 
-- PHP 8.0+
+- PHP 8.1+
 - DOM, libXML2, XMLReader and SQLite3.
 
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index c45d9dfb..dea4efd2 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
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+        "php": ">=8.1.0",
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diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 135fd32b..e36a46f7 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
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     "prefer-lowest": false,
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-        "php": ">=8.0.0",
+        "php": ">=8.1.0",
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         "ext-xmlreader": "*"