diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 10887f2cde..b2f9c50293 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
         "doctrine/cache": "~1.6",
         "doctrine/collections": "~1.0",
         "doctrine/data-fixtures": "^1.1",
-        "doctrine/dbal": "~2.4",
+        "doctrine/dbal": "~2.4|^3.0",
         "doctrine/orm": "~2.4,>=2.4.5",
         "doctrine/reflection": "~1.0",
         "doctrine/doctrine-bundle": "^1.5|^2.0",
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/composer.json b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/composer.json
index 4194aa2037..5bc8ffd1b2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/composer.json
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/composer.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         "doctrine/cache": "~1.6",
         "doctrine/collections": "~1.0",
         "doctrine/data-fixtures": "^1.1",
-        "doctrine/dbal": "~2.4",
+        "doctrine/dbal": "~2.4|^3.0",
         "doctrine/orm": "^2.6.3",
         "doctrine/reflection": "~1.0"
     },