diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 98ceb2a..5e640b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -32,10 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           php-version: ${{ matrix.php }}
           coverage: xdebug
       - run: composer install
-      - run: vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-text
-        if: ${{ matrix.php >= 7.3 }}
-      - run: vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-text -c phpunit.xml.legacy
-        if: ${{ matrix.php < 7.3 }}
+      - run: vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-text ${{ matrix.php < 7.3 && '-c phpunit.xml.legacy' || '' }}
 
   PHPUnit-hhvm:
     name: PHPUnit (HHVM)
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 7788b7d..f56cb23 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         "ringcentral/psr7": "^1.2"
     },
     "require-dev": {
-        "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.6 || ^5.7 || ^4.8.36",
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.6 || ^8.5 || ^5.7 || ^4.8.36",
         "react/async": "^4.3 || ^3 || ^2",
         "react/event-loop": "^1.2",
         "react/http": "^1.11",