diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 4fa95419e..909c10892 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         "ext-pdo": "*",
         "cakephp/cakephp-codesniffer": "^5.0",
         "cakephp/i18n": "^5.0",
-        "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5.19",
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5.19 || ^12.0.0",
         "symfony/yaml": "^4.0|^5.0|^6.0|^7.0"
     },
     "autoload": {