diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6eec5091..a6d4de18 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ env:
 matrix:
   include:
     - php: 5.6
-      env: DB=MYSQL PHPUNIT_COVERAGE_TEST=1
-    - php: 5.5
       env: DB=PGSQL PHPUNIT_TEST=1
-    - php: 5.5
+    - php: 5.6
       env: DB=SQLITE PHPUNIT_TEST=1
     - php: 5.6
       env: DB=MYSQL PDO=1 PHPUNIT_TEST=1 PHPCS_TEST=1
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 4c2b8bfb..05b0c75b 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "require": {
-    "php": ">=5.5.0",
+    "php": ">=5.6.0",
     "composer/installers": "*",
     "silverstripe/framework": "^4.0@dev",
     "silverstripe/admin": "^1.0@dev",