diff --git a/core/testMinimumPhpVersion.php b/core/testMinimumPhpVersion.php
index d74c3cfec90dd851ca55669d0c0a928b1a48d55d..5c041d8ec62025dce6e41cdbfd1fb46fb4b5da9c 100644
--- a/core/testMinimumPhpVersion.php
+++ b/core/testMinimumPhpVersion.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 $piwik_errorMessage = '';
 
 // Minimum requirement: stream_resolve_include_path, working json_encode in 5.3.3, namespaces in 5.3
-$piwik_minimumPHPVersion = '5.3.3';
+$piwik_minimumPHPVersion = '5.4.0';
 $piwik_currentPHPVersion = PHP_VERSION;
 $minimumPhpInvalid = version_compare($piwik_minimumPHPVersion, $piwik_currentPHPVersion) > 0;
 if ($minimumPhpInvalid) {