diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 34ba73591..9181d611e 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -22,21 +22,21 @@
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-        "symfony/filesystem": "~2.5",
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+        "phpunit/phpunit": "^4.5|^5.0.5",
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diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 3a9426722..3d180102e 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
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@@ -1483,7 +1483,7 @@
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+        "php": "^5.3.2 || ^7.0"
     },
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