diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/composer.json b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/composer.json
index 0b01f2a847..5b089efdcd 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/composer.json
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/composer.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         "php": ">=5.3.3",
         "symfony/dependency-injection" : "2.2.*",
         "symfony/config" : "2.2.*",
-        "symfony/event-dispatcher": "2.2.*",
+        "symfony/event-dispatcher": "~2.1",
         "symfony/http-kernel": "2.2.*",
         "symfony/filesystem": ">=2.1,<2.3-dev",
         "symfony/routing": "2.2.*",
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/composer.json b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/composer.json
index e47c3c5fe9..10e87128de 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/composer.json
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/composer.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.3.3",
-        "symfony/event-dispatcher": "2.2.*",
+        "symfony/event-dispatcher": "~2.1",
         "symfony/locale": "~2.0",
         "symfony/options-resolver": ">=2.1,<2.3-dev",
         "symfony/property-access": ">=2.2,<2.3-dev"
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/composer.json b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/composer.json
index 877d940650..ee9ddd5861 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/composer.json
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/composer.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.3.3",
-        "symfony/event-dispatcher": "2.2.*",
+        "symfony/event-dispatcher": "~2.1",
         "symfony/http-foundation": "2.2.*",
         "psr/log": "~1.0"
     },
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Security/composer.json b/src/Symfony/Component/Security/composer.json
index 3b4c93b7b0..8213d80271 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Security/composer.json
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Security/composer.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.3.3",
-        "symfony/event-dispatcher": "2.2.*",
+        "symfony/event-dispatcher": "~2.1",
         "symfony/http-foundation": "2.2.*",
         "symfony/http-kernel": "2.2.*"
     },