diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5734b93..3b86e99 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 language: php
 
 php:
-  - 7.1
   - 7.2
 
 env:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a7e6574..15a80cd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 All notable changes to `laravel-demo-mode` will be documented in this file
 
+## 2.4.0 - 2018-02-27
+
+- drop support for PHP 7.1
+
 ## 2.3.1 - 2018-02-27
 
 - add support for Laravel 5.8
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 14cbb73..9572e47 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php" : "^7.1",
+        "php" : "^7.2",
         "illuminate/support": "~5.5.5|~5.6.0|~5.7.0|~5.8.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "orchestra/testbench": "~3.5.3|~3.6.0|~3.7.0|~3.8.0",
-        "phpunit/phpunit": "^6.3|^7.0|^8.0"
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "^8.0"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {