diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index fdde05fc..50445ffb 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "require": {
         "ext-json": "*",
         "composer/composer": "^1.10.23 || ~2.2.17",
-        "wp-cli/wp-cli": "2.8"
+        "wp-cli/wp-cli": "^2.8"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "wp-cli/scaffold-command": "^1 || ^2",