diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
index 9bf0154..a11e00a 100644
--- a/docker/README.md
+++ b/docker/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ and issue `make image`
 
 ```
 COMPOSER_VERSION?=2.1.5
-PHP_VERSION?=7.4
+PHP_VERSION?=8.2
 DEBIAN_RELEASE?=buster
 IMAGE_NAME?=cerebrate:latest