diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 1a375849..8b0f5ce0 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         "joomla/uri": "^4.0",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^10.0",
         "symfony/phpunit-bridge": "^7.0",
-        "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "~3.10.2",
+        "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^4.0",
         "phpstan/phpstan": "^2.1.17",
         "phpstan/phpstan-deprecation-rules": "^2.0.3"
     },