diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 2575cda2d2a..59e9348feb4 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         "cakephp/validation": "self.version"
     },
     "require-dev": {
-        "cakephp/cakephp-codesniffer": "^4.0",
+        "cakephp/cakephp-codesniffer": "^4.0 || ^5.0",
         "mikey179/vfsstream": "^1.6",
         "paragonie/csp-builder": "^2.3",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^8.5 || ^9.3"