diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ea2567ddd..877e63b85 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ services:
  
 before_script:
    - composer config github-oauth.github.com $GITHUB_TOKEN
-   - composer install --no-interaction --ignore-platform-reqs
+   - composer install --no-interaction 
    - cp Tests/Fixtures/App/app/config/parameters.gitlab-ci.yml Tests/Fixtures/App/app/config/parameters.yml
    - php Tests/Fixtures/App/app/console.php --env=test cache:warmup
    - php Tests/Fixtures/App/app/console.php doctrine:migrations:migrate --env=test --no-interaction
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 747218e89..cdcde1723 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php": "~5.5",
+        "php": "~5.6|~7",
         "twig/extensions": "~1.0",
         "symfony/assetic-bundle": "~2.3",
         "symfony/monolog-bundle": "^2.7",
-        "symfony/framework-bundle": "~2.7",
         "symfony/yaml": "~2.7",
-        "symfony/symfony": "~2.7",
+        "symfony/symfony": "~2.8",
         "doctrine/dbal": "~2.5",
         "doctrine/orm": "~2.4",
         "doctrine/common": "~2.4",
@@ -35,8 +34,6 @@
         "doctrine/migrations": "~1.0@dev"
     },
     "require-dev": {
-        "symfony/dom-crawler": "2.5",
-        "symfony/security": "~2.5",
         "symfony/phpunit-bridge": "^2.7",
         "fzaninotto/faker": "~1"
     },