diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index b0588bcda9df3f0c69a94d5dd713db6825196512..89cabe879b15f4b2ba5506c707ce189569ce984b 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "require": {
-    "phpmd/phpmd": "^2.6"
+    "phpmd/phpmd": "^2.8"
   },
   "config": {
     "sort-packages": true