diff --git a/extensions/package-manager/src/Composer/ComposerAdapter.php b/extensions/package-manager/src/Composer/ComposerAdapter.php
index d78d4a1f0..a678435f4 100644
--- a/extensions/package-manager/src/Composer/ComposerAdapter.php
+++ b/extensions/package-manager/src/Composer/ComposerAdapter.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 namespace Flarum\PackageManager\Composer;
 
+use Composer\Config;
 use Composer\Console\Application;
 use Flarum\Foundation\Paths;
 use Flarum\PackageManager\OutputLogger;
@@ -70,4 +71,9 @@ class ComposerAdapter
 
         return new ComposerOutput($exitCode, $output);
     }
+
+    public static function setPhpVersion(string $phpVersion)
+    {
+        Config::$defaultConfig['platform']['php'] = $phpVersion;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/extensions/package-manager/src/Job/ComposerCommandJob.php b/extensions/package-manager/src/Job/ComposerCommandJob.php
index 56e38043d..4fb6fe8a4 100644
--- a/extensions/package-manager/src/Job/ComposerCommandJob.php
+++ b/extensions/package-manager/src/Job/ComposerCommandJob.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ namespace Flarum\PackageManager\Job;
 
 use Flarum\Bus\Dispatcher;
 use Flarum\PackageManager\Command\BusinessCommandInterface;
+use Flarum\PackageManager\Composer\ComposerAdapter;
 use Flarum\Queue\AbstractJob;
 use Illuminate\Queue\Middleware\WithoutOverlapping;
 use Throwable;
@@ -23,11 +24,11 @@ class ComposerCommandJob extends AbstractJob
     protected $command;
 
     /**
-     * @var int[]
+     * @var string
      */
     protected $phpVersion;
 
-    public function __construct(BusinessCommandInterface $command, array $phpVersion)
+    public function __construct(BusinessCommandInterface $command, string $phpVersion)
     {
         $this->command = $command;
         $this->phpVersion = $phpVersion;
@@ -36,12 +37,7 @@ class ComposerCommandJob extends AbstractJob
     public function handle(Dispatcher $bus)
     {
         try {
-            if ([PHP_MAJOR_VERSION, PHP_MINOR_VERSION] !== [$this->phpVersion[0], $this->phpVersion[1]]) {
-                $webPhpVersion = implode('.', $this->phpVersion);
-                $sshPhpVersion = implode('.', [PHP_MAJOR_VERSION, PHP_MINOR_VERSION]);
-
-                throw new \Exception("PHP version mismatch. SSH PHP version must match web server PHP version. Found SSH (PHP $sshPhpVersion) and Web Server (PHP $webPhpVersion).");
-            }
+            ComposerAdapter::setPhpVersion($this->phpVersion);
 
             $this->command->task->start();
 
diff --git a/extensions/package-manager/src/Job/Dispatcher.php b/extensions/package-manager/src/Job/Dispatcher.php
index 96746138f..e5dd37864 100644
--- a/extensions/package-manager/src/Job/Dispatcher.php
+++ b/extensions/package-manager/src/Job/Dispatcher.php
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class Dispatcher
             $command->task = $task;
 
             $this->queue->push(
-                new ComposerCommandJob($command, [PHP_MAJOR_VERSION, PHP_MINOR_VERSION])
+                new ComposerCommandJob($command, PHP_VERSION)
             );
         } else {
             $data = $this->bus->dispatch($command);