diff --git a/.ddev/config.yaml b/.ddev/config.yaml
index 6b51b33af..fd1e9ea02 100644
--- a/.ddev/config.yaml
+++ b/.ddev/config.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: core
 type: php
 docroot: ""
-php_version: "8.2"
+php_version: "8.1"
 webserver_type: nginx-fpm
 xdebug_enabled: false
 database: