diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 122db3aba..a27685a2b 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	],
 	"homepage": "https://github.com/opensourcepos/opensourcepos",
 	"require": {
-		"php": "^5.5 || ^7.0",
+		"php": "^5.6 || ^7.0",
 		"codeigniter/framework": "^3.1",
 		"dompdf/dompdf": "^0.7",
 		"tamtamchik/namecase": "^1.0",