diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 0dc8ef4..4669a19 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -14,18 +14,30 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        php: [8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4]
+        php: [8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5]
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
-    - name: Setup PHP
+    - name: Setup PHP != 8.5
+      if: ${{ matrix.php != '8.5' }}
       uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
       with:
         php-version: ${{ matrix.php }}
         coverage: none
 
+    - name: Setup PHP 8.5
+      if: ${{ matrix.php == '8.5' }}
+      uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+      with:
+        php-version: ${{ matrix.php }}
+        coverage: none
+        # this ini directive seems to be off by default in PHP 8.5
+        # see https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/20279
+        # enable it because codeception relies on it.
+        ini-values: register_argc_argv=1
+
     - name: Validate composer.json and composer.lock
       run: composer validate
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 143490f..b9526a2 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	],
 	"minimum-stability": "RC",
 	"require": {
-		"php": "^8.0",
+		"php": "^8.2",
 		"codeception/codeception": "^5.0.0-RC1",
 		"php-amqplib/php-amqplib": "^2.10 | ^3.0"
 	},
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index da71b28..cad9424 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ An AMQP module for Codeception.
 
 ## Requirements
 
-* `PHP 8.0` or higher.
+* `PHP 8.2` or higher.
 
 ## Installation