diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e8eb42d2f..e3c179e44 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ services:
   - redis
 
 php:
-  - 7.1
   - 7.2
   - 7.3
   - 7.4
@@ -16,9 +15,15 @@ php:
 env:
   jobs:
     - DB=mysql
+      COMPOSER=1
+    - DB=mysql
+      COMPOSER=2
     - DB=sqlite
+      COMPOSER=1
     - DB=pgsql
+      COMPOSER=1
     - DB=memory
+      COMPOSER=1
 
 jobs:
   fast_finish: true
@@ -28,8 +33,9 @@ cache:
     - $HOME/.composer/cache
 
 before_install:
-  # Force use of Composer 1.x
-  - composer self-update --1
+  # Force use of Composer 1x or 2.x
+  - composer self-update --$COMPOSER
+  - composer config -g github-oauth.github.com "$TOKEN"
   # copy sprinkles.json
   - cp app/sprinkles.example.json app/sprinkles.json
   # set up db
@@ -42,7 +48,7 @@ before_install:
 
 before_script:
   # install deps and UF
-  - COMPOSER_MEMORY_LIMIT=-1 travis_retry composer install --no-interaction
+  - COMPOSER_MEMORY_LIMIT=-1 travis_retry composer update --no-interaction
   - php bakery debug
   - php bakery build-assets
   - php bakery migrate
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9f10b67a0..093b9cdf2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -996,3 +996,4 @@ See [http://learn.userfrosting.com/upgrading/40-to-41](Upgrading 4.0.x to 4.1.x
 [v4.4.1]: https://github.com/userfrosting/UserFrosting/compare/v4.4.0...v4.4.1
 [v4.4.2]: https://github.com/userfrosting/UserFrosting/compare/v4.4.1...v4.4.2
 [v4.4.3]: https://github.com/userfrosting/UserFrosting/compare/v4.4.2...v4.4.3
+[v4.4.4]: https://github.com/userfrosting/UserFrosting/compare/v4.4.3...v4.4.4
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 47d3b9d16..899e054a5 100755
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -23,13 +23,19 @@
     "config": {
         "vendor-dir": "app/vendor"
     },
+    "repositories": [
+        {
+            "type":"vcs", 
+            "url":"https://github.com/mcaskill/composer-merge-plugin"
+        }
+    ],
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=7.1",
+        "php": ">=7.2",
         "ext-gd": "*",
         "composer/installers": "^1.4.0",
         "userfrosting/uniformresourcelocator": "~4.4.0",
         "symfony/console": "^4.3",
-        "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": "^1.4.0"
+        "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": "dev-feature/composer-v2 as 1.5.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer": "^2.13",