diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 2bd09499..bba26767 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "issues": "https://github.com/TYPO3/testing-framework/issues"
   },
   "require": {
-    "phpunit/phpunit": "^7.1",
+    "phpunit/phpunit": "^7.5.6",
     "mikey179/vfsstream": "~1.6.0",
     "typo3fluid/fluid": "^2.5",
     "typo3/cms-core": "^9.3",