diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6197a2a..14cea63 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## 4.4.0
+
+- lets you use a different php version by using `putenv('PHP_BIN=/path/to/your/php')`
+
 ## 4.3.0
 
 - add task to stop and start the cron daemon (optional)
diff --git a/src/Deployer/Recipe/N98Magento2Recipe.php b/src/Deployer/Recipe/N98Magento2Recipe.php
index 75a30b1..97c8a9b 100644
--- a/src/Deployer/Recipe/N98Magento2Recipe.php
+++ b/src/Deployer/Recipe/N98Magento2Recipe.php
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ public static function configuration()
         \Deployer\set('webserver_group', 'www-data');
 
         \Deployer\set('phpfpm_service', 'php7.0-fpm');
+        \Deployer\set('php_bin', getenv('PHP_BIN') ?: 'php');
         \Deployer\set('nginx_service', 'nginx');
         \Deployer\set('cron_service', 'cron');
     }
diff --git a/src/Deployer/Task/MagentoTasks.php b/src/Deployer/Task/MagentoTasks.php
index 5f938cc..51af603 100644
--- a/src/Deployer/Task/MagentoTasks.php
+++ b/src/Deployer/Task/MagentoTasks.php
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public static function toggleMaintenenceMode($enabled)
         $maintenance = $enabled === true ? 'maintenance:enable' : 'maintenance:disable';
 
         \Deployer\cd('{{release_path_app}}');
-        \Deployer\run("php bin/magento $maintenance");
+        \Deployer\run(\Deployer\get('php_bin') . " bin/magento $maintenance");
     }
 
     /**
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public static function allowSymlinks()
     public static function runSetupUpgrade()
     {
         \Deployer\cd('{{release_path_app}}');
-        \Deployer\run('php bin/magento setup:upgrade --keep-generated');
+        \Deployer\run(\Deployer\get('php_bin') . ' bin/magento setup:upgrade --keep-generated');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public static function updateMagentoConfig()
         }
 
         \Deployer\cd('{{release_path_app}}');
-        \Deployer\run("php bin/magento config:data:import $dir $env");
+        \Deployer\run(\Deployer\get('php_bin') . " bin/magento config:data:import $dir $env");
     }
 
     /**
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public static function updateMagentoConfig()
     public static function backupMagentoConfig()
     {
         \Deployer\cd('{{release_path_app}}');
-        \Deployer\run('php bin/magento config:data:export --filePerNameSpace=y --format=yaml --filename=config_backup/');
+        \Deployer\run(\Deployer\get('php_bin') . ' bin/magento config:data:export --filePerNameSpace=y --format=yaml --filename=config_backup/');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ public static function backupMagentoConfig()
     public static function importCmsData()
     {
         \Deployer\cd('{{release_path_app}}');
-        \Deployer\run('php bin/magento cms:import');
+        \Deployer\run(\Deployer\get('php_bin') . ' bin/magento cms:import');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public static function activateMagentoCache($enabled)
         $cache = $enabled === true ? 'cache:enable' : 'cache:disable';
 
         \Deployer\cd('{{release_path_app}}');
-        \Deployer\run("php bin/magento $cache");
+        \Deployer\run(\Deployer\get('php_bin') . " bin/magento $cache");
     }
 
     /**
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ public static function activateMagentoCache($enabled)
     public static function disableMagentoFPC()
     {
         \Deployer\cd('{{release_path_app}}');
-        \Deployer\run("php bin/magento cache:disable full_page");
+        \Deployer\run(\Deployer\get('php_bin') . " bin/magento cache:disable full_page");
     }
 
     /**
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ public static function disableMagentoFPC()
     public static function clearMagentoConfigCache()
     {
         \Deployer\cd('{{release_path_app}}');
-        \Deployer\run("php bin/magento cache:clear config");
+        \Deployer\run(\Deployer\get('php_bin') . " bin/magento cache:clear config");
     }
 
     /**
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ public static function clearMagentoConfigCache()
     public static function flushMagentoCache()
     {
         \Deployer\cd('{{release_path_app}}');
-        \Deployer\run('php bin/magento cache:flush');
+        \Deployer\run(\Deployer\get('php_bin') . ' bin/magento cache:flush');
     }
 
     /**