diff --git a/scripts/_common.sh b/scripts/_common.sh
index 7e4130d..ecc0e7e 100644
--- a/scripts/_common.sh
+++ b/scripts/_common.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #=================================================
 
 # dependencies used by the app
-YNH_PHP_VERSION="7.3"
+YNH_PHP_VERSION="7.4"
 
 pkg_dependencies="php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-tidy php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-intl php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-mbstring php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-xml php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-gd php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-curl php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-mysql"