diff --git a/config/default-config.yml b/config/default-config.yml
index 8eb09085c..971ed8ad0 100644
--- a/config/default-config.yml
+++ b/config/default-config.yml
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ general:
   # GitHub token to use from composer
   #github_token: xxxxxx
 
+  # Set the default version of PHP CLI
+  # php_cli_version: 8.2
+
 # Settings for the vagrant plugins supported by VVV
 vagrant-plugins:
   disksize: 10GB # requires the disk size vagrant plugin
diff --git a/config/homebin/vvv_restore_php_default b/config/homebin/vvv_restore_php_default
index 15aca92bd..452395462 100755
--- a/config/homebin/vvv_restore_php_default
+++ b/config/homebin/vvv_restore_php_default
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-DEFAULTPHP="8.2"
+# Load config.yml
+VVV_CONFIG=/srv/config/default-config.yml
+if [[ -f /srv/config/config.yml ]]; then
+    VVV_CONFIG=/srv/config/config.yml
+fi
+
+DEFAULTPHP=$(cat ${VVV_CONFIG} | shyaml -q get-value general.php_cli_version "8.2")
 php_version=$(readlink -f /usr/bin/php)
 if [[ $php_version != *"${DEFAULTPHP}"* ]]; then
   echo " * Restoring the default PHP CLI version ( ${DEFAULTPHP} )"