diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 459614ff4fc8cf37d1035eb8d05343bb33159327..944275dd5083028095f701f177d82988bc2e8e20 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
             "email": "grola@wpdesk.net"
         }
     ],
+    "config": {
+        "platform": {
+            "php": "7.0"
+        }
+    },
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.5",
 	    "wpdesk/wp-builder": "^1.0|^2.0"