diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 9fca7d74c..57a0264ce 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         "symfony/process": "~2.1"
     },
     "require-dev": {
-        "phpunit/phpunit": "~4.0"
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "~4.5"
     },
     "suggest": {
         "ext-zip": "Enabling the zip extension allows you to unzip archives, and allows gzip compression of all internet traffic",