diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 56507f2218..926d7221c6 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
         "phpunit/phpunit": "~4.1",
         "codacy/coverage": "dev-master",
         "phpunit/phpunit-selenium": "~1.2",
-        "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "2.*",
+        "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.0",
         "tecnickcom/tcpdf": "^6.2",
         "phpmyadmin/coding-standard": "^0.3"
     },