diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index ffaeea6..8473ee0 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php":                      "^5.5 || ^7.0",
+        "php":                      "^5.6 || ^7.0",
         "psr/cache":                "^1.0",
         "psr/simple-cache":         "^1.0",
         "cache/adapter-common":     "^0.4",