diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index e2439439..22a8c25e 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Version {next}
+  - Formally bump PHP requirement to 7.2
+
 ## Version 0.15.4
   - Improve code-base by liberal use of `strict_types`
   - Added some basic CSS text styling
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 36f1cc3e..4678d0d2 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "license": "CC0-1.0",
     "type": "project",
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=7.1.0",
+        "php": ">=7.2.0",
         "cviebrock/eloquent-sluggable": "~4.3",
         "ezyang/htmlpurifier": "~4.6",
         "fideloper/proxy": "~3.3",