diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 93ba1566..e0992672 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -30,5 +30,7 @@
         "picocms/pico-theme": "^2.1",
         "picocms/pico-deprecated": "^2.1",
         "picocms/composer-installer": "^1.0"
-    }
+    },
+    "minimum-stability": "beta",
+    "prefer-stable": true
 }