diff --git a/scripts/_common.sh b/scripts/_common.sh
index e7494e5..fe85c11 100644
--- a/scripts/_common.sh
+++ b/scripts/_common.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # COMMON VARIABLES
 #=================================================
 
-YNH_PHP_VERSION="8.0"
+YNH_PHP_VERSION="7.4"
 
 # dependencies used by the app
 php_dependencies="php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-common php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-mbstring php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-curl php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-xmlrpc php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-soap php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-zip php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-gd php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-xml php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-intl php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-pgsql php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-ldap"