diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index d7db2a6..6b55b4a 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "multi_instance": true,
     "services": [
         "nginx",
-        "php7.4-fpm",
+        "php8.0-fpm",
         "mysql"
     ],
     "arguments": {
diff --git a/scripts/_common.sh b/scripts/_common.sh
index 0a15338..e9ffb3c 100644
--- a/scripts/_common.sh
+++ b/scripts/_common.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # COMMON VARIABLES
 #=================================================
 
-YNH_PHP_VERSION="7.4"
+YNH_PHP_VERSION="8.0"
 
 # dependencies used by the app
 pkg_dependencies="php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-gmp php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-bcmath php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-curl php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-json php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-mysql php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-zip php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-gd php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-mbstring php${YNH_PHP_VERSION}-xml"