diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index d34394f..49602c6 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         "Framework"
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=7.0.0"
+        "php": ">=5.6.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phalcon/devtools": "^3.0",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 3cffba8..960117e 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#composer-lock-the-lock-file",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "c2b0f1a134b83979f9511bfebd961436",
+    "content-hash": "378bdfe63d088aaa4c8fb44baf774ee8",
     "packages": [],
     "packages-dev": [
         {
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@
     "prefer-stable": false,
     "prefer-lowest": false,
     "platform": {
-        "php": ">=7.0.0"
+        "php": ">=5.6.0"
     },
     "platform-dev": [],
     "platform-overrides": {