diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 8f1eb9066..bde7e856a 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         "php": "^8.1",
         "ext-json": "*",
         "ext-pdo": "*",
-        "cakephp/chronos": "^2",
+        "cakephp/chronos": "^3",
         "cakephp/database": "^4",
         "cakephp/validation": "^4.4",
         "fig/http-message-util": "^1.1",