diff --git a/.github/workflows/.github/workflows/composer-require-checker.yml b/.github/workflows/.github/workflows/composer-require-checker.yml
index a93390b..d2ef508 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/.github/workflows/composer-require-checker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/.github/workflows/composer-require-checker.yml
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ jobs:
       os: >-
         ['ubuntu-latest']
       php: >-
-        ['8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4']
+        ['8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4', '8.5']
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 3584e6c..1b1e2d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ jobs:
       os: >-
         ['ubuntu-latest', 'windows-latest']
       php: >-
-        ['8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4']
+        ['8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4', '8.5']
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 309b9f1..67d20f4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## 1.2.1 under development
 
-- no changes in this release.
+- Enh #49: Add PHP 8.5 support (@vjik)
 
 ## 1.2.0 September 23, 2025
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d00d1fd..e55bb4e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ server request body selecting the parser according to the server request mime ty
 
 ## Requirements
 
-- PHP 7.4 or higher.
+- PHP 8.1 - 8.5.
 
 ## Installation
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 8c0da1e..9a378e2 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php": "8.1 - 8.4",
+        "php": "8.1 - 8.5",
         "ext-json": "*",
         "psr/container": "^1.0 || ^2.0",
         "psr/http-factory": "^1.1",
diff --git a/tests/RequestBodyParsersTest.php b/tests/RequestBodyParsersTest.php
index 8d974fa..e591c59 100644
--- a/tests/RequestBodyParsersTest.php
+++ b/tests/RequestBodyParsersTest.php
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ private function createHandler(): BadRequestHandlerInterface
             ->willReturn(Status::OK);
 
         return new class ($mockResponse) implements BadRequestHandlerInterface {
-            private array|object|null $requestParsedBody;
+            private array|object|null $requestParsedBody = null;
 
             public function __construct(
                 private readonly ResponseInterface $mockResponse,