diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index e092d9af..3ffebb44 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "authors": [],
   "require": {
     "php": ">=5.6",
-    "wp-cli/wp-cli": "^2.5"
+    "wp-cli/wp-cli": "^2.12"
   },
   "require-dev": {
     "wp-cli/wp-cli-tests": "^4"