diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 5809f4c9..26948d42 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
         "source": "https://github.com/FriendsOfCake/search"
     },
     "require": {
+        "php": ">=8.1",
         "cakephp/cakephp": "^5.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {