diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 678d3cde6ee4e4c9c4f7be0cb7ed059347a9f3a2..4944e6dfc91ba9d0feacbb6bca18e2495ff932e2 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ before_script:
     if [[ $(php -v) =~ "PHP 7." ]]; then
       composer global require "phpunit/phpunit=6.1.*"
     else
-      composer global require "phpunit/phpunit=4.8.*"
+      composer global require "phpunit/phpunit=5.4.*"
     fi
 
 PHPunit:PHP5.3:MySQL: