diff --git a/.ddev/config.yaml b/.ddev/config.yaml
index 0f0fc88..e97ac82 100644
--- a/.ddev/config.yaml
+++ b/.ddev/config.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ webserver_type: apache-fpm
 #mariadb_version: "10.3"
 
 # TODO: Make sure this PHP version matches the project's hosting environment.
-php_version: "7.4"
+php_version: "8.1"
 
 # Add any multisite subdomains to this array. Adding "example" will make this environment
 # available at "example.ddev.site".