diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index e42a0bbd7b..8db4bf6d4e 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@
*
*/
-// Show warning if a PHP version below 5.4.0 is used, this has to happen here
-// because base.php will already use 5.4 syntax.
-if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.4.0') === -1) {
- echo 'This version of ownCloud requires at least PHP 5.4.0
';
+// Show warning if a PHP version below 5.6.0 is used, this has to happen here
+// because base.php will already use 5.6 syntax.
+if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.6.0') === -1) {
+ echo 'This version of ownCloud requires at least PHP 5.6.0
';
echo 'You are currently running ' . PHP_VERSION . '. Please update your PHP version.';
return;
}