diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 9da8696fa..cdc9b8cbe 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.6",
         "slim/http": "^1.3",
         "slim/psr7": "^1.6",
-        "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.7"
+        "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.8"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {