diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-php/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-php/action.yml
index 253fd0b..c928269 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-php/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-php/action.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ inputs:
   php-version:
     required: false
     type: string
-    description: the php version to use, defaults to 8.3
+    description: the php version to use, defaults to 8.4
     default: '8.4'
 
 runs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5ad91a5..3649c7f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
-          - php-version: 8.3
           - php-version: 8.4
+          - php-version: 8.5
 
     steps:
       - name: checkout
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 4204a6e..57c982f 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         { "name": "Christopher Davis", "email": "chris@pmg.com" }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php": "^8.3",
+        "php": "^8.4",
         "pmg/queue": "^6.2",
         "psr/log": "^1.0 || ^2.0 || ^3.0",
         "aws/aws-sdk-php": "^3.0"