diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 3466999cf4b..0d911f051ff 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         "source": "https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp"
     },
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=5.4",
+        "php": ">=5.4.19",
         "ext-mcrypt": "*",
         "ext-mbstring": "*"
     },