diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/composer.json b/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/composer.json
index 90ac8e5d9d..1d7c3e23b7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/composer.json
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/composer.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=5.3.3"
+        "php": ">=5.3.9"
     },
     "suggest": {
         "symfony/debug": "For tracking deprecated interfaces usages at runtime with DebugClassLoader"
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Asset/composer.json b/src/Symfony/Component/Asset/composer.json
index 6c193f6318..4937f02754 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Asset/composer.json
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Asset/composer.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=5.3.3"
+        "php": ">=5.3.9"
     },
     "suggest": {
         "symfony/http-foundation": ""