diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index c5b72537..512a1988 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "theseer/directoryscanner" : "^1.3.0",
     "theseer/fxsl" : "^1.1",
     "phpunit/php-timer" : "^1.0",
-    "nikic/php-parser" : "^3.0"
+    "nikic/php-parser" : "^3.1"
   },
   "autoload": {
     "classmap": [