diff --git a/src/function/defaults.ts b/src/function/defaults.ts
index f160acc..b41d00f 100644
--- a/src/function/defaults.ts
+++ b/src/function/defaults.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { Architecture } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-lambda';
 
 export const functionDefaults = {
     path: process.cwd(),
-    phpVersion: '8.1',
+    phpVersion: '8.2',
     memorySize: 1024,
     architecture: Architecture.X86_64,
     excludedPhpPaths: ['.git', '.idea', 'cdk.out', 'node_modules', '.bref', '.serverless', 'tests'],