diff --git a/.github/workflows/php.yml b/.github/workflows/php.yml
index 6f645d07..bf0e4e61 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/php.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/php.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ jobs:
           ${{ runner.os }}-build-
           ${{ runner.os }}-
 
+    - name: Install PHP 7.4
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common
+        sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php -y
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y php7.4
+
     - name: setup lxdmosaic
       run: sudo sh examples/test_setup.sh
 
@@ -50,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: run tests
       run: /usr/bin/php7.4 -dxdebug.mode=coverage vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-html=./coverage
-      
+
     - name: run phpstan
       run: /usr/bin/php7.4 vendor/bin/phpstan analyse src --level 1
 
diff --git a/examples/test_setup.sh b/examples/test_setup.sh
index e4a92d15..4218cc30 100755
--- a/examples/test_setup.sh
+++ b/examples/test_setup.sh
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ sudo dpkg --purge --force-all lxd lxc
 apt-get update
 
 # # Install Dependecies
-apt-get install -y apache2 php php-cli php-json php-mysql php-xml php-curl unzip zip git nodejs openssl || exit $?
+apt-get install -y apache2 php7.4 php7.4-cli php7.4-json php7.4-mysql php7.4-xml php7.4-curl unzip zip git nodejs openssl || exit $?
 apt-get install -y mysql-server || exit $?
 apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends cron || exit $?
-apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends php-xdebug || exit $?
+apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends php7.4-xdebug || exit $?
 
 mkdir -p src/sensitiveData/certs
 mkdir -p src/sensitiveData/backups