diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 8d15b44d9..5d0f9d1d4 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 		"nikic/php-parser": "^4.2",
 		"patchwork/jsqueeze": "^2.0",
 		"patchwork/utf8": "1.3.1",
-		"pear/archive_tar": "1.4.9",
+		"pear/archive_tar": "^1.4.9",
 		"pear/pear-core-minimal": "^v1.10",
 		"phpseclib/phpseclib": "2.0.25",
 		"php-opencloud/openstack": "3.0.7",