diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9c46d891719..bfb5c9aa6af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
         strategy:
             fail-fast: false
             matrix:
-                php-versions: ['7.2', '7.3', '7.4', '8.0', '8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4']
+                php-versions: ['8.0', '8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4']
 
         steps:
             - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
 
             - uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
               with:
-                  php-version: 7.2
+                  php-version: 8.0
                   coverage: none
 
             - name: Install Composer Dependencies
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de79112b4f8..feb0f37c54c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Uses [GitHub API v3](http://developer.github.com/v3/) & supports [GitHub API v4]
 
 ## Requirements
 
-* PHP >= 7.2
+* PHP >= 8.0
 * A [PSR-17 implementation](https://packagist.org/providers/psr/http-factory-implementation)
 * A [PSR-18 implementation](https://packagist.org/providers/psr/http-client-implementation)
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index da450bc019d..96312a2bc9a 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php": "^7.2.5 || ^8.0",
+        "php": "^8.0",
         "ext-json": "*",
         "php-http/cache-plugin": "^1.7.1|^2.0",
         "php-http/client-common": "^2.3",
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
         "psr/http-client-implementation": "^1.0",
         "psr/http-factory-implementation": "^1.0",
         "psr/http-message": "^1.0|^2.0",
-        "symfony/polyfill-php80": "^1.17",
         "symfony/deprecation-contracts": "^2.2|^3.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {