diff --git a/Neos.Cache/composer.json b/Neos.Cache/composer.json
index b4d0166a04..74629e7fbd 100644
--- a/Neos.Cache/composer.json
+++ b/Neos.Cache/composer.json
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
         "php": "^7.3 || ^8.0",
         "psr/simple-cache": "^1.0",
         "psr/cache": "~1.0",
-        "neos/utility-files": "*",
-        "neos/utility-pdo": "*",
-        "neos/utility-opcodecache": "*"
+        "neos/utility-files": "self.version",
+        "neos/utility-pdo": "self.version",
+        "neos/utility-opcodecache": "self.version"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "mikey179/vfsstream": "^1.6.1",
diff --git a/Neos.Eel/composer.json b/Neos.Eel/composer.json
index a814842b81..d2e153f5f8 100644
--- a/Neos.Eel/composer.json
+++ b/Neos.Eel/composer.json
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
     "description": "The Embedded Expression Language (Eel) is a building block for creating Domain Specific Languages",
     "require": {
         "php": "^7.3 || ^8.0",
-        "neos/flow": "~7.3.0",
-        "neos/cache": "*",
-        "neos/utility-unicode": "*",
-        "neos/utility-objecthandling": "*"
+        "neos/flow": "self.version",
+        "neos/cache": "self.version",
+        "neos/utility-unicode": "self.version",
+        "neos/utility-objecthandling": "self.version"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {
diff --git a/Neos.Flow.Log/composer.json b/Neos.Flow.Log/composer.json
index df7b032298..d09cc2cdb1 100644
--- a/Neos.Flow.Log/composer.json
+++ b/Neos.Flow.Log/composer.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": "^7.3 || ^8.0",
-        "neos/utility-files": "*",
+        "neos/utility-files": "self.version",
         "psr/log": "^1.0.1"
     },
     "require-dev": {
diff --git a/Neos.Flow/composer.json b/Neos.Flow/composer.json
index 3c4ac78177..8a1c3a1844 100644
--- a/Neos.Flow/composer.json
+++ b/Neos.Flow/composer.json
@@ -14,18 +14,18 @@
         "ext-reflection": "*",
         "ext-xml": "*",
 
-        "neos/cache": "~7.3.0",
-        "neos/eel": "~7.3.0",
-        "neos/error-messages": "~7.3.0",
-        "neos/utility-arrays": "~7.3.0",
-        "neos/utility-files": "~7.3.0",
-        "neos/utility-mediatypes": "~7.3.0",
-        "neos/utility-objecthandling": "~7.3.0",
-        "neos/utility-opcodecache": "~7.3.0",
-        "neos/utility-schema": "~7.3.0",
-        "neos/utility-unicode": "~7.3.0",
-        "neos/flow-log": "~7.3.0",
-        "neos/http-factories": "~7.3.0",
+        "neos/cache": "self.version",
+        "neos/eel": "self.version",
+        "neos/error-messages": "self.version",
+        "neos/utility-arrays": "self.version",
+        "neos/utility-files": "self.version",
+        "neos/utility-mediatypes": "self.version",
+        "neos/utility-objecthandling": "self.version",
+        "neos/utility-opcodecache": "self.version",
+        "neos/utility-schema": "self.version",
+        "neos/utility-unicode": "self.version",
+        "neos/flow-log": "self.version",
+        "neos/http-factories": "self.version",
 
         "psr/http-message": "^1.0",
         "psr/http-factory": "^1.0",
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         "neos/composer-plugin": "^2.0",
         "neos/utility-pdo": "~7.3.0",
 
-        "composer/composer": "^1.10.22 || ^2.0.13",
+        "composer/composer": "^2.2.8",
 
         "egulias/email-validator": "^2.1.17 || ^3.0"
     },
diff --git a/Neos.FluidAdaptor/composer.json b/Neos.FluidAdaptor/composer.json
index 934f7426c3..6ab97a243e 100644
--- a/Neos.FluidAdaptor/composer.json
+++ b/Neos.FluidAdaptor/composer.json
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
   ],
   "require": {
     "php": "^7.3 || ^8.0",
-    "neos/flow": "~7.3.0",
-    "neos/cache": "*",
-    "neos/utility-files": "*",
-    "neos/utility-objecthandling": "*",
+    "neos/flow": "self.version",
+    "neos/cache": "self.version",
+    "neos/utility-files": "self.version",
+    "neos/utility-objecthandling": "self.version",
     "typo3fluid/fluid": "~2.7.0",
     "psr/log": "^1.0"
   },
diff --git a/Neos.Kickstarter/composer.json b/Neos.Kickstarter/composer.json
index b6ac124da1..095ae48901 100644
--- a/Neos.Kickstarter/composer.json
+++ b/Neos.Kickstarter/composer.json
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
     "license": "MIT",
     "require": {
         "php": "^7.3 || ^8.0",
-        "neos/flow": "~7.3.0",
-        "neos/fluid-adaptor": "~7.3.0",
-        "neos/utility-arrays": "*"
+        "neos/flow": "self.version",
+        "neos/fluid-adaptor": "self.version",
+        "neos/utility-arrays": "self.version"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {
diff --git a/Neos.Utility.Arrays/composer.json b/Neos.Utility.Arrays/composer.json
index 95d978cb59..bb42b95bbf 100644
--- a/Neos.Utility.Arrays/composer.json
+++ b/Neos.Utility.Arrays/composer.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "require": {
     "php": "^7.3 || ^8.0",
-    "neos/utility-objecthandling": "*"
+    "neos/utility-objecthandling": "self.version"
   },
   "require-dev": {
     "mikey179/vfsstream": "^1.6.1",
diff --git a/Neos.Utility.Files/composer.json b/Neos.Utility.Files/composer.json
index f74f4be0ac..e394bd7538 100644
--- a/Neos.Utility.Files/composer.json
+++ b/Neos.Utility.Files/composer.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "require": {
     "php": "^7.3 || ^8.0",
-    "neos/error-messages": "*"
+    "neos/error-messages": "self.version"
   },
   "require-dev": {
     "mikey179/vfsstream": "^1.6.1",
diff --git a/Neos.Utility.Schema/composer.json b/Neos.Utility.Schema/composer.json
index 6e6052ad13..ebc484b1b9 100644
--- a/Neos.Utility.Schema/composer.json
+++ b/Neos.Utility.Schema/composer.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "require": {
     "php": "^7.3 || ^8.0",
-    "neos/error-messages": "*"
+    "neos/error-messages": "self.version"
   },
   "require-dev": {
     "mikey179/vfsstream": "^1.6.1",
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 9d7ef3ab3f..855973c080 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         "symfony/dom-crawler": "^5.1",
         "symfony/console": "^5.1",
         "neos/composer-plugin": "^2.0",
-        "composer/composer": "^1.10.22 || ^2.0.13",
+        "composer/composer": "^2.2.8",
         "egulias/email-validator": "^2.1.17 || ^3.0",
         "typo3fluid/fluid": "~2.7.0",
         "guzzlehttp/psr7": "^1.8.4",