diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 66bb851e..6b51b4af 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "homepage": "https://github.com/facebook/xhp-lib",
     "license": ["MIT"],
     "require": {
-        "hhvm": "4.0",
+        "hhvm": "^4.0.0",
         "hhvm/type-assert": "^3.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {