diff --git a/scripts/_common.sh b/scripts/_common.sh
index ccb44ff..0837b20 100644
--- a/scripts/_common.sh
+++ b/scripts/_common.sh
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 # COMMON VARIABLES
 #=================================================
 
-YNH_PHP_VERSION="7.4"
+YNH_PHP_VERSION="8.1"
 
 # dependencies used by the app
 
-pkg_dependencies="php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-bcmath php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-gmp php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-fileinfo php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-gd php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-json php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-mbstring php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-pdo php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-xml php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-curl php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-zip php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-mysql libnss3-dev libatk1.0-0 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libxcomposite1 libxrandr2 libasound2"
+pkg_dependencies="php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-bcmath php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-gmp php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-fileinfo php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-gd php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-mbstring php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-pdo php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-xml php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-curl php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-zip php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-mysql libnss3-dev libatk1.0-0 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libxcomposite1 libxrandr2 libasound2"
 
 #=================================================
 # PERSONAL HELPERS