diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f622f8eca..ef448466f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         sudo apt-add-repository --yes ppa:ondrej/php
         sudo apt-get update -qq
-        sudo apt-get --yes --no-install-recommends install devscripts equivs python3-pip libenchant-dev autopoint cmake lcov pkg-config libncursesw5-dev gem2deb libperl-dev python2-dev python3-dev libaspell-dev liblua5.3-dev tcl8.6-dev guile-2.0-dev libv8-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libgcrypt20-dev libgnutls28-dev zlib1g-dev curl libcpputest-dev php7.4-dev libphp7.4-embed libargon2-0-dev libsodium-dev pylint python3-bandit asciidoctor
+        sudo apt-get --yes --no-install-recommends install devscripts equivs python3-pip libenchant-dev autopoint cmake lcov pkg-config libncursesw5-dev gem2deb libperl-dev python2-dev python3-dev libaspell-dev liblua5.3-dev tcl8.6-dev guile-2.0-dev libv8-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libgcrypt20-dev libgnutls28-dev zlib1g-dev curl libcpputest-dev php8.0-dev libphp8.0-embed libargon2-0-dev libsodium-dev pylint python3-bandit asciidoctor
         sudo -H pip3 install --ignore-installed msgcheck
 
     - name: Test patches
diff --git a/ChangeLog.adoc b/ChangeLog.adoc
index d3d97ea41..e58f52737 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.adoc
+++ b/ChangeLog.adoc
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ Documentation::
 
 Tests::
 
+  * core: switch to PHP 8.0 in CI
   * core: add build on macOS in CI
 
 Build::