diff --git a/phpBB/composer.json b/phpBB/composer.json
index 64279770f5..dbca710f0a 100644
--- a/phpBB/composer.json
+++ b/phpBB/composer.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 		"phpbb/phpbb-core": "self.version"
 	},
 	"require": {
-		"php": "^7.1.3",
+		"php": "^7.1.3 || ^8.0.0",
 		"ext-json": "*",
 		"ext-mbstring": "*",
 		"bantu/ini-get-wrapper": "~1.0",