From ac676159b4dc8fb4cfd685d531c5c47d5a88f0f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Danny van Kooten <dannyvankooten@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 10:03:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] bump required php version to 8.1

---
 README.md     | 2 +-
 composer.json | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fbd4e43..0b5f745 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ This is a simple PHP library to help you deal with Europe's VAT rules.
 
 ## Installation
 
-[PHP](https://php.net) version 7.3 or higher with the CURL and JSON extension is required.
+[PHP](https://php.net) version 8.1 or higher with the CURL and JSON extension is required.
 
 For VAT number existence checking, the PHP SOAP extension is required as well.
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index d725f37..213ac88 100755
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "require": {
-    "php": ">=7.3",
+    "php": ">=8.1",
     "ext-curl": "*",
     "ext-json": "*"
   },