diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index c776fb168..4dbb5b2ad 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         "codeigniter4/settings": "^2.1"
     },
     "require-dev": {
-        "codeigniter/coding-standard": "1.7.*",
+        "codeigniter/coding-standard": "1.7.* || 1.8.*",
         "codeigniter/phpstan-codeigniter": "^1.3",
         "codeigniter4/devkit": "^1.0",
         "codeigniter4/framework": ">=4.3.5 <4.5.0 || ^4.5.1",