diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 9632f7b..be31c62 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
         "build": "./_tools/build.sh",
         "lint": "composer run lint:php; npm run lint",
         "lint:fix": "composer run lint:php:fix; npm run lint:fix",
-        "lint:php": "./vendor/bin/phpcs --standard=WordPress,PHPCompatibilityWP --runtime-set testVersion 7.0- --colors --encoding=utf-8 -p --ignore=index.php ./src/*.php ./src/*/*.php ./src/*/*/*.php",
-        "lint:php:fix": "./vendor/bin/phpcbf --standard=WordPress,PHPCompatibilityWP --runtime-set testVersion 7.0- --colors --encoding=utf-8 -p --ignore=index.php ./src/*.php ./src/*/*.php ./src/*/*/*.php", 
+        "lint:php": "./vendor/bin/phpcs --standard=WordPress,PHPCompatibilityWP --runtime-set testVersion 7.4- --colors --encoding=utf-8 -p --ignore=index.php ./src/*.php ./src/*/*.php ./src/*/*/*.php",
+        "lint:php:fix": "./vendor/bin/phpcbf --standard=WordPress,PHPCompatibilityWP --runtime-set testVersion 7.4- --colors --encoding=utf-8 -p --ignore=index.php ./src/*.php ./src/*/*.php ./src/*/*/*.php", 
         "lint:css": "npm run lint:css",
         "lint:css:fix": "npm run lint:css:fix",
         "lint:js": "npm run lint:js",
diff --git a/src/README.txt b/src/README.txt
index 7119741..4f823f5 100644
--- a/src/README.txt
+++ b/src/README.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_i
 Tags: footnote, footnotes, bibliography, formatting, notes, Post, posts, reference, referencing
 Requires at least: 3.9
 Tested up to: 5.7.1
-Requires PHP: 7.0
+Requires PHP: 7.4
 Stable Tag: 2.7.3
 License: GPLv3
 License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html