diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index bb87ee7..2d90c9a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -5,38 +5,21 @@ on:
 jobs:
   tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.experimental }}
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        php: [8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5]
-        experimental: [false]
-        include:
-          - php: 8.6
-            experimental: true
+        php: [8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5]
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
       uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
     - name: Setup PHP
-      if: ${{ matrix.php != '8.5' }}
       uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
       with:
         php-version: ${{ matrix.php }}
         coverage: none
 
-    - name: Setup PHP with register_arg_argv
-      uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
-      if: ${{ matrix.php == '8.5' }}
-      with:
-        php-version: ${{ matrix.php }}
-        coverage: none
-        # this ini directive seems to be off by default in PHP 8.5
-        # see https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/20279
-        # enable it because codeception relies on it.
-        ini-values: register_argc_argv=1
-
     - name: Validate composer.json and composer.lock
       run: composer validate
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index ce86167..6530cae 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     ],
     "homepage": "https://codeception.com/",
     "require": {
-        "php": "^8.1",
+        "php": "^8.2",
         "ext-json": "*",
         "codeception/codeception": "*@dev",
         "codeception/lib-innerbrowser": "*@dev",