diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4e5a5eb..a430dcb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -31,10 +31,7 @@ jobs:
           php-version: ${{ matrix.php }}
           coverage: xdebug
       - run: composer install
-      - run: vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-text
-        if: ${{ matrix.php >= 7.3 }}
-      - run: vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-text -c phpunit.xml.legacy
-        if: ${{ matrix.php < 7.3 }}
+      - run: vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-text ${{ matrix.php < 7.3 && '-c phpunit.xml.legacy' || '' }}
 
   PHPUnit-hhvm:
     name: PHPUnit (HHVM)
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index e4a2624..d462381 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "require-dev": {
         "clue/block-react": "^1.5",
         "clue/connection-manager-extra": "^1.3",
-        "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.6 || ^5.7 || ^4.8.36",
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.6 || ^8.5 || ^5.7 || ^4.8.36",
         "react/event-loop": "^1.2",
         "react/http": "^1.6"
     },