diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-php/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-php/action.yml
index 075753c..3b98cee 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-php/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-php/action.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ inputs:
   php-version:
     required: false
     type: string
-    description: the php version to use, defaults to 8.2
-    default: '8.2'
+    description: the php version to use, defaults to 8.3
+    default: '8.3'
 
 runs:
   using: composite
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ed5a879..33665a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
-          - php-version: 8.0
-          - php-version: 8.1
           - php-version: 8.2
+          - php-version: 8.3
 
     steps:
       - name: checkout
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0e5fa39..bc95513 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 /composer.lock
 /phpunit.xml
 .phpunit.result.cache
+.idea
+
 *.pyc
 *.swp
 *.dmg
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 2c458c3..c26b6c4 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         { "name": "Christopher Davis", "email": "chris@pmg.com" }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php": "^8.0",
+        "php": "^8.2",
         "pmg/queue": "^6.0",
         "psr/log": "^1.0 || ^2.0 || ^3.0",
         "aws/aws-sdk-php": "^3.0"