diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 71c63e3b5d225917a7bdf4fbdc249d74c779f338..84e35583ea82def16f02338ea08d98b615162e90 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@
     "php-tuf/composer-stager": "^1.0.0-beta2",
     "composer/composer": "^2.2.12 || ^2.3.5",
     "composer-runtime-api": "^2.0.9",
-    "symfony/config": "^4.4 || ^6.1"
+    "symfony/config": "^4.4 || ^6.1",
+    "php": ">=7.4.0"
   },
   "config": {
     "platform": {
-      "php": "7.3.0"
+      "php": "7.4.0"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/package_manager/package_manager.info.yml b/package_manager/package_manager.info.yml
index 2e1cbc2755a7e7d4cfb7fc4ebc77a968c49173b5..0b9c3b2e4013c155543a2b33dc595067dfcdfdca 100644
--- a/package_manager/package_manager.info.yml
+++ b/package_manager/package_manager.info.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ name: 'Package Manager'
 type: module
 description: 'API module providing functionality for staging package installs and updates with Composer.'
 core_version_requirement: ^9.3
+php: 7.4