diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 46e4ac447..b8ec8ec15 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ sudo: required
 dist: trusty
 language: php
 php:
+    - 5.5
     - 5.6
     - 7
 env:
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ before_install:
     - sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start
     - sudo apt-get update
     - sudo apt-get -y install python3-setuptools firefox mariadb-server
-    - sudo easy_install3 requests ocdev
+- sudo easy_install3 requests ocdev
     - nvm install 5.6
     - npm install -g npm@latest
     # install php modules
@@ -43,7 +44,6 @@ before_install:
     - mv news owncloud/apps/
 
 before_script:
-    - phpenv config-add owncloud/apps/news/tests/travis/php.ini
     # set up databases and users for postgres and mysql
     - createuser -U travis -s oc_autotest
     - mysql -u root -e 'create database oc_autotest;'
@@ -69,6 +69,3 @@ script:
     #- webdriver-manager update
     # debug section to check what went wrong
     - sudo cat ../../../data/owncloud.log
-
-addons:
-    #firefox: "latest"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fe22b5f5d..6cce82bd3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+owncloud-news (7.2.0)
+* **New dependency**: Bump required PostgreSQL version to 9.4
+
 owncloud-news (7.1.2)
 * **Enhancement**: Major JavaScript library updates:
   * Update from Angular 1.3 to 1.5
diff --git a/appinfo/info.xml b/appinfo/info.xml
index c856e7602..0f2f57b02 100644
--- a/appinfo/info.xml
+++ b/appinfo/info.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <requiremin>8.1</requiremin>
     <dependencies>
         <owncloud min-version="8.2" max-version="9.0"/>
-        <php min-version="5.6" />
+        <php min-version="5.5" />
         <database min-version="9.4">pgsql</database>
         <database>sqlite</database>
         <database>mysql</database>