diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 20a5e3fd0..38ebe7a90 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         image: [ubuntu-20.04]
-        php: [7.3.28, 7.4.20]
+        php: [7.4.20]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2 #needed for build.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         image: [ubuntu-20.04]
-        php: [7.3.28, 7.4.20]
+        php: [7.4.20]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         image: [ubuntu-20.04]
-        php: [7.3.28, 7.4.20]
+        php: [7.4.20]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         image: [ubuntu-20.04]
-        php: [7.3.28, 7.4.20]
+        php: [7.4.20]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         image: [ubuntu-20.04]
-        php: [7.3.28, 7.4.20]
+        php: [7.4.20]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 8c6f904ff..d8b5dc4a5 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
    "homepage": "https://pmmp.io",
    "license": "LGPL-3.0",
    "require": {
-      "php": "^7.3 || ^8.0",
+      "php": "^7.4 || ^8.0",
       "php-64bit": "*",
       "ext-ctype": "*",
       "ext-curl": "*",
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
    },
    "config": {
       "platform": {
-         "php": "7.3.0"
+         "php": "7.4.0"
       },
       "sort-packages": true
    },
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index cb456a249..776398a74 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "b10dca2b9822b8104499ff70750f8181",
+    "content-hash": "29c660b8c4fd0708d270c63993de9526",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "adhocore/json-comment",
@@ -2756,7 +2756,7 @@
     "prefer-stable": false,
     "prefer-lowest": false,
     "platform": {
-        "php": "^7.3 || ^8.0",
+        "php": "^7.4 || ^8.0",
         "php-64bit": "*",
         "ext-ctype": "*",
         "ext-curl": "*",
@@ -2779,7 +2779,7 @@
     },
     "platform-dev": [],
     "platform-overrides": {
-        "php": "7.3.0"
+        "php": "7.4.0"
     },
     "plugin-api-version": "2.1.0"
 }
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/PocketMine.php b/src/pocketmine/PocketMine.php
index f2fa55875..32e9e9356 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/PocketMine.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/PocketMine.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace pocketmine {
 
 	require_once __DIR__ . '/VersionInfo.php';
 
-	const MIN_PHP_VERSION = "7.3.0";
+	const MIN_PHP_VERSION = "7.4.0";
 
 	/**
 	 * @param string $message