diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 82df0e953db954f23bfaae9653424374710041e1..99ea68c4e0cb4b511a74a9b33b60578db2b8ecb8 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@
             },
             "require": {
                 "composer-plugin-api": "^1.1",
-                "php": ">=7.0.8"
+                "php": ">=7.3.0"
             },
             "type": "composer-plugin",
             "extra": {
diff --git a/composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/composer.json b/composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/composer.json
index e2884ab334e78e89d2b9ed12e45ba8224291f2c1..96ade5102c843ee5bf548d7a461913a7ff4db654 100644
--- a/composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/composer.json
+++ b/composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/composer.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "class": "Drupal\\Composer\\Plugin\\ProjectMessage\\MessagePlugin"
   },
   "require": {
-    "php": ">=7.0.8",
+    "php": ">=7.3.0",
     "composer-plugin-api": "^1.1"
   }
 }