diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 9380ae57..8e80c7ee 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.3.0",
-        "firebase/php-jwt": "~3.0",
+        "firebase/php-jwt": "~3.0|~5.0",
         "paragonie/random_compat": "~1.4|~2.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {