diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
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+{
+  "require" : {
+	"php" : "^7.1.9",
+	"ext-mbstring": "^7.1"
+  },
+  "require-dev": {
+    "heroku/heroku-buildpack-php": "*"
+  }
+}