diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Component/FrontMatter/composer.json b/core/lib/Drupal/Component/FrontMatter/composer.json
index 3a5213efe5..15a0b081ec 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Component/FrontMatter/composer.json
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Component/FrontMatter/composer.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal",
   "license": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
   "require": {
-    "php": ">=7.0.8",
+    "php": ">=7.3.0",
     "drupal/core-serialization": "^8.8"
   },
   "autoload": {