diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index a6d81d2..ca950bf 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,44 +1,46 @@
 {
     "name": "xoops/base-requires",
     "license": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
-    "type": "project",
-    "description": "Primary dependencies for XOOPS/XoopsCore",
+    "type": "metapackage",
+    "description": "Primary dependencies for XOOPS/XoopsCore (PHP 8.4+)",
     "require": {
-        "php": ">7.1",
-        "ext-PDO": "*",
-        "ext-session": "*",
-        "ext-pcre": "*",
+        "php": "^8.4",
+        "ext-pdo": "*",
         "ext-json": "*",
-        "league/container": "~3.0",
-        "doctrine/dbal": "2.9.*",
-        "psr/log": "1.1.*",
-        "patchwork/utf8": "^1.3",
-        "geekwright/assetic-fork": "^2.0",
-        "symfony/console": "^4.2",
-        "ptachoire/cssembed": "1.0.*",
-        "lmammino/jsmin4assetic": "1.0.*",
-        "wikimedia/less.php": "^2.0",
-        "scssphp/scssphp": "^1.0",
-        "natxet/cssmin": "3.0.*",
-        "patchwork/jsqueeze": "~2.0.5",
-        "kint-php/kint": "^3.0",
-        "symfony/yaml": "^4.2",
-        "tedivm/stash": "^0.15",
-        "dflydev/apache-mime-types": "1.0.*",
-        "geekwright/regdom": "^1.0",
-        "smarty/smarty": "^3.1",
-        "punic/punic": "^3",
-        "moneyphp/money": "^3.0",
+        "ext-mbstring": "*",
+        "ext-pcre": "*",
+        "ext-session": "*",
+        "assetic/framework": "^3.1",
+        "dflydev/apache-mime-types": "^1.0",
+        "doctrine/dbal": "^4.3.2",
+        "embed/embed": "^4.4",
+        "endroid/qr-code": "^6.0.9",
+        "ezyang/htmlpurifier": "^4.18",
+        "firebase/php-jwt": "^6.10.2",
         "geekwright/po": "^2.0",
-        "embed/embed": "^3.0.0",
-        "ezyang/htmlpurifier": "^4.8.0",
-        "firebase/php-jwt": "^5.0.0",
-        "webmozart/assert": "^1.2",
-        "monolog/monolog": "^1.20.0",
-        "maximebf/debugbar": "^1.11",
-        "tecnickcom/tcpdf": "6.2.*",
-        "endroid/qr-code": "^3.5.0",
+        "kint-php/kint": "^6.0",
+        "league/container": "^4.2.3",
+        "matthiasmullie/minify": "^1.3",
+        "moneyphp/money": "^4.5",
+        "monolog/monolog": "^3.0",
+        "php-debugbar/php-debugbar": "^3.3",
+        "phpmailer/phpmailer": "^6.9.3",
+        "psr/log": "^2.0|^3.0",
+        "ptachoire/cssembed": "^1.0",
+        "punic/punic": "^3.8.1",
+        "scssphp/scssphp": "^2.0",
+        "smarty/smarty": "^4.5.6",
         "stefangabos/zebra_image": "^2.2",
-        "phpmailer/phpmailer": "^6.0"
+        "symfony/console": "^6.4|^7.2",
+        "symfony/process": "^6.4|^7.2",
+        "symfony/yaml": "^6.4|^7.2",
+        "tecnickcom/tcpdf": "^6.10",
+        "tedivm/stash": "^1.2.1",
+        "webmozart/assert": "^1.2",
+        "wikimedia/less.php": "^5.0",
+        "xoops/regdom": "^2.0"
+    },
+    "conflict": {
+        "smarty/smarty": ">=5.0"
     }
 }