diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 59b33414b..b61b315d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - php-version: '8.1'
+          - php-version: '8.2'
             dependencies: 'lowest'
           - php-version: '8.4'
             dependencies: 'highest'
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup PHP
       uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
       with:
-        php-version: '8.1'
+        php-version: '8.2'
         extensions: mbstring, intl
         coverage: none
         tools: cs2pr, phpstan:1.12
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index fc05353bb..15abf6fb3 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "type": "project",
     "homepage": "https://cakephp.org",
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=8.1",
+        "php": ">=8.2",
         "cakephp/cakephp": "dev-5.next as 5.2.0",
         "cakephp/migrations": "^4.0.0",
         "cakephp/plugin-installer": "^2.0",
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         "cakephp/cakephp-codesniffer": "^5.0",
         "cakephp/debug_kit": "^5.0.0",
         "josegonzalez/dotenv": "^4.0",
-        "phpunit/phpunit": "^10.5.5 || ^11.1.3 || ^12.1"
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "^11.1.3 || ^12.1"
     },
     "suggest": {
         "cakephp/repl": "Console tools for a REPL interface for CakePHP applications.",