diff --git a/bootstrap.php b/bootstrap.php
index 4caaf0b51..ebe7d3937 100644
--- a/bootstrap.php
+++ b/bootstrap.php
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ function _ovk_check_environment(): void
         $problems[] = "OpenVK is updating";
     }
 
-    if (!version_compare(PHP_VERSION, "7.3.0", ">=")) {
-        $problems[] = "Incompatible PHP version: " . PHP_VERSION . " (7.3+ required, 7.4+ recommended)";
+    if (!version_compare(PHP_VERSION, "8.2.0", ">=")) {
+        $problems[] = "Incompatible PHP version: " . PHP_VERSION . " (8.2 required)";
     }
 
     if (!is_dir(__DIR__ . "/vendor")) {
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 4239b7692..8efcc2bfb 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         "analyse": "phpstan analyse --memory-limit 1G"
     },
     "require": {
-        "php": "~7.3||~8.1",
+        "php": "~7.3||~8.2",
         "whichbrowser/parser": "dev-master",
         "james-heinrich/getid3": "^1.9@dev",
         "rybakit/msgpack": "dev-master",