diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index eaeb5c4a..dcb9e3b9 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "cakephp/cakephp": "^3.6.0"
+        "cakephp/cakephp": "^3.5"
     },
     "require-dev": {
+        "cakephp/chronos": "^1.1",
         "friendsofcake/cakephp-test-utilities": "^1.0",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^5.7.14|^6.0",
         "cakephp/cakephp-codesniffer": "^3.0",