diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 10a34bbfd122..514a99b10e83 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /vendor
+/.idea
 composer.phar
 composer.lock
 .DS_Store
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 00e724b89ef9..9392e2a25895 100755
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=5.4.0",
+        "php": ">=8.2.0",
         "classpreloader/classpreloader": "~1.0.2",
         "d11wtq/boris": "~1.0",
         "ircmaxell/password-compat": "~1.0",
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         "monolog/monolog": "~1.6",
         "nesbot/carbon": "~1.0",
         "patchwork/utf8": "~1.1",
-        "phpseclib/phpseclib": "0.3.*",
+        "phpseclib/phpseclib": "~2.0",
         "predis/predis": "0.8.*",
         "stack/builder": "~1.0",
         "swiftmailer/swiftmailer": "~5.1",
@@ -92,5 +92,10 @@
     "suggest": {
         "doctrine/dbal": "Allow renaming columns and dropping SQLite columns."
     },
-    "minimum-stability": "dev"
+    "minimum-stability": "dev",
+    "config": {
+        "allow-plugins": {
+            "kylekatarnls/update-helper": true
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Remote/SecLibGateway.php b/src/Illuminate/Remote/SecLibGateway.php
index c4730197446c..e966b07ba093 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Remote/SecLibGateway.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Remote/SecLibGateway.php
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 <?php namespace Illuminate\Remote;
 
 use Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem;
-use Net_SFTP, Crypt_RSA, System_SSH_Agent;
+use phpseclib\Net\SFTP;
+use phpseclib\Net\SSH2;
+use phpseclib\Crypt\RSA;
+use phpseclib\System\SSH\Agent;
 
 class SecLibGateway implements GatewayInterface {
 
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ class SecLibGateway implements GatewayInterface {
 	/**
 	 * The SecLib connection instance.
 	 *
-	 * @var \Net_SFTP
+	 * @var SFTP
 	 */
 	protected $connection;
 
@@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ protected function setHostAndPort($host)
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			list($this->host, $this->port) = explode(':', $host);
+			[$this->host, $this->port] = explode(':', $host);
 
 			$this->port = (int) $this->port;
 		}
@@ -139,7 +142,7 @@ public function getString($remote)
 	 */
 	public function put($local, $remote)
 	{
-		$this->getConnection()->put($remote, $local, NET_SFTP_LOCAL_FILE);
+		$this->getConnection()->put($remote, $local, SFTP::SOURCE_LOCAL_FILE);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -161,7 +164,7 @@ public function putString($remote, $contents)
 	 */
 	public function nextLine()
 	{
-		$value = $this->getConnection()->_get_channel_packet(NET_SSH2_CHANNEL_EXEC);
+		$value = $this->getConnection()->_get_channel_packet(SSH2::CHANNEL_EXEC);
 
 		return $value === true ? null : $value;
 	}
@@ -169,7 +172,7 @@ public function nextLine()
 	/**
 	 * Get the authentication object for login.
 	 *
-	 * @return \Crypt_RSA|\System_SSH_Agent|string
+	 * @return RSA|Agent|string
 	 * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
 	 */
 	protected function getAuthForLogin()
@@ -211,7 +214,7 @@ protected function hasRsaKey()
 	 * Load the RSA key instance.
 	 *
 	 * @param  array  $auth
-	 * @return \Crypt_RSA
+	 * @return RSA
 	 */
 	protected function loadRsaKey(array $auth)
 	{
@@ -237,7 +240,7 @@ protected function readRsaKey(array $auth)
 	 * Create a new RSA key instance.
 	 *
 	 * @param  array  $auth
-	 * @return \Crypt_RSA
+	 * @return RSA
 	 */
 	protected function getKey(array $auth)
 	{
@@ -259,21 +262,21 @@ protected function useAgent()
 	/**
 	 * Get a new SSH Agent instance.
 	 *
-	 * @return \System_SSH_Agent
+	 * @return Agent
 	 */
 	public function getAgent()
 	{
-		return new System_SSH_Agent;
+		return new Agent;
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Get a new RSA key instance.
 	 *
-	 * @return \Crypt_RSA
+	 * @return RSA
 	 */
 	public function getNewKey()
 	{
-		return new Crypt_RSA;
+		return new RSA;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -307,15 +310,15 @@ public function getPort()
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Get the underlying Net_SFTP connection.
+	 * Get the underlying SFTP connection.
 	 *
-	 * @return \Net_SFTP
+	 * @return SFTP
 	 */
 	public function getConnection()
 	{
 		if ($this->connection) return $this->connection;
 
-		return $this->connection = new Net_SFTP($this->host, $this->port);
+		return $this->connection = new SFTP($this->host, $this->port);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Remote/composer.json b/src/Illuminate/Remote/composer.json
index f7bb904da6d6..b59ce8ddc2ff 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Remote/composer.json
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Remote/composer.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         "php": ">=5.4.0",
         "illuminate/filesystem": "4.2.*",
         "illuminate/support": "4.2.*",
-        "phpseclib/phpseclib": "0.3.*"
+        "phpseclib/phpseclib": "~2.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "illuminate/console": "4.2.*"