diff --git a/ext/package.xml b/ext/package.xml
index 100a7f94..578aae8e 100644
--- a/ext/package.xml
+++ b/ext/package.xml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ This extension allows you to easily gather latency and other metadata by watchin
  <dependencies>
   <required>
    <php>
-    <min>7.0.0</min>
+    <min>7.1.0</min>
    </php>
    <pearinstaller>
     <min>1.4.0</min>