diff --git a/framework/core/composer.json b/framework/core/composer.json
index 20da4e05c..114f4549c 100644
--- a/framework/core/composer.json
+++ b/framework/core/composer.json
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@
         "zendframework/zend-stratigility": "^3.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
-        "mockery/mockery": "^0.9.4",
-        "phpunit/phpunit": "^6.0"
+        "mockery/mockery": "^1.0",
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "^7.0"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {
diff --git a/framework/core/tests/phpunit.integration.xml b/framework/core/tests/phpunit.integration.xml
index 2ebc8b719..3e1869c9c 100644
--- a/framework/core/tests/phpunit.integration.xml
+++ b/framework/core/tests/phpunit.integration.xml
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
          convertNoticesToExceptions="true"
          convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
          processIsolation="false"
-         stopOnFailure="false"
-         syntaxCheck="false">
+         stopOnFailure="false">
 
     <testsuites>
         <testsuite name="Flarum Integration Tests">
diff --git a/framework/core/tests/phpunit.unit.xml b/framework/core/tests/phpunit.unit.xml
index aaa4c2d93..770adad2b 100644
--- a/framework/core/tests/phpunit.unit.xml
+++ b/framework/core/tests/phpunit.unit.xml
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
          convertNoticesToExceptions="true"
          convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
          processIsolation="false"
-         stopOnFailure="false"
-         syntaxCheck="false">
+         stopOnFailure="false">
 
     <testsuites>
         <testsuite name="Flarum Unit Tests">