diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d3535a9..61fd903 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 language: php
 
 php:
-  - 5.5
   - 5.6
   - 7.0
   - 7.1
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index e5e049b..174ec64 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 		}
 	],
 	"require": {
-		"php": ">=5.5.0",
+		"php": ">=5.6.0",
         "findbrok/php-watson-api-bridge": "^1.0",
         "illuminate/support": "~5.0",
         "netresearch/jsonmapper": "^1.1",