diff --git a/api/composer.json b/api/composer.json
index 593449a5d..6c99df789 100644
--- a/api/composer.json
+++ b/api/composer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "require": {
-        "php": "^7.2",
+        "php": "^8.0",
         "slim/slim": "^3.5"
     },
     "require-dev": {