diff --git a/scripts/_common.sh b/scripts/_common.sh
index d3dd3b3..b7a237f 100644
--- a/scripts/_common.sh
+++ b/scripts/_common.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #=================================================
 
 # dependencies used by the app
-YNH_PHP_VERSION="8.0"
+YNH_PHP_VERSION="8.1"
 
 pkg_dependencies="php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-xml php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-cli php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-posix php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-bz2 php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-zip php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-memcache php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-memcached php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-ldap php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-curl php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-sockets php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-mcrypt php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-mysql php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-gd php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-fileinfo php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-mbstring"