diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 7b7937d67..f1abc88bb 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5",
-        "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3"
+        "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.7"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@
     "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
     "minimum-stability": "dev",
     "prefer-stable": true
-}
+}
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