diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 3e8adc4e5d6bc3e5a49a1b02c88c8ef29cae185b..90810251575eeb69d88bb0f1113cb0a1779ce266 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 		}
 	],
 	"require": {
+	    "php": ">=7.0.0 <7.2",
 		"typo3/cms-core": "7.6.0 - 8.7.99",
 		"sgalinski/tinymce": "^5.0"
 	},