diff --git a/amp_conf/htdocs/admin/helpers/Email.php b/amp_conf/htdocs/admin/helpers/Email.php
index 412a54407c..f0ac6f7d6a 100644
--- a/amp_conf/htdocs/admin/helpers/Email.php
+++ b/amp_conf/htdocs/admin/helpers/Email.php
@@ -1577,11 +1577,6 @@ private function _send_with_sendmail()
 
 		$status = pclose($fp);
 
-		if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '4.2.3') == -1)
-		{
-			$status = $status >> 8 & 0xFF;
-		}
-
 		if ($status != 0)
 		{
 			$this->_set_error_message('email_exit_status', $status);
diff --git a/amp_conf/htdocs/admin/libraries/Composer/composer.json b/amp_conf/htdocs/admin/libraries/Composer/composer.json
index c21847cfb5..a00d5b8316 100644
--- a/amp_conf/htdocs/admin/libraries/Composer/composer.json
+++ b/amp_conf/htdocs/admin/libraries/Composer/composer.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 	},
 	"config": {
 		"platform": {
-			"php": "8.1.0"
+			"php": "8.2.29"
 		},
 		"autoloader-suffix": "pbxframework",
 		"optimize-autoloader": true
diff --git a/install b/install
index 3013dd5443..e8119aa9ac 100755
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 <?php
 namespace FreePBX\Install;
 
-if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '7.4', '<')) {
-	echo "FreePBX Requires PHP Version 7.4 or Higher, you have: ".PHP_VERSION."\n";
+if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '8.2', '<')) {
+	echo "FreePBX Requires PHP Version 8.2 or Higher, you have: ".PHP_VERSION."\n";
 	return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/install.php b/install.php
index 1cb14c5fd6..5b5fa5c471 100644
--- a/install.php
+++ b/install.php
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <?php
 if (!defined('FREEPBX_IS_AUTH')) { die('No direct script access allowed'); }
 
-if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '7.4', '<')) {
-	out(sprintf(_("FreePBX Requires PHP Version 7.4 or Higher, you have: %s"),PHP_VERSION));
+if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '8.2', '<')) {
+	out(sprintf(_("FreePBX Requires PHP Version 8.2 or Higher, you have: %s"),PHP_VERSION));
 	return false;
 }
 if(\FreePBX::Modules()->checkStatus("sysadmin")) {