update: Switched update to an exclusive version to prevent the next r…

…ule update from being a major bump if it follows the prior convention of not being backported

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        php: [8.1, 8.2, 8.3]
-        stability: ["--prefer-lowest", "--prefer-stable", ""]
+        php: [8.2, 8.3]
+        stability: ["--prefer-lowest", "--prefer-stable"]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ${{ steps.composer-cache.outputs.dir }}
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.php }}-${{ matrix.strategy }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.json') }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.php }}-${{ matrix.stability }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.json') }}
           restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.php }}-${{ matrix.strategy }}-composer-
+            ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.php }}-${{ matrix.stability }}-composer-
 
       - name: Install Composer dependencies
         run: composer update --no-interaction --no-progress --optimize-autoloader --prefer-dist ${{ matrix.stability }}

UPGRADE.md

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Upgrade Guide
 
+## v5
+
+### Upgrading from v4.3 to v5.0
+
+- Minimum Laravel version increased from `10.46` to `11.0`.
+- Minimum PHP version increased from `8.1` to `8.2`.
+
 ## v4
 
 ### Upgrading from v4.2 to v4.3

composer.json

@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
     "license": "MIT",
     "minimum-stability": "dev",
     "require": {
-        "php": "^8.1",
-        "laravel/framework": "^10.46|^11.0|11.x-dev"
+        "php": "^8.2",
+        "laravel/framework": "^11.0|11.x-dev"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "ext-json": "*",
-        "orchestra/testbench": "^8.21|9.x-dev",
+        "orchestra/testbench": "9.x-dev",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^10.5",
         "laravel/pint": "1.13.9",
         "larastan/larastan": "^2.0"