diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 67a923996..3c6622021 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -14,23 +14,27 @@
         {
             "name": "Chris Bautista",
             "email": "chrisbjr@gmail.com"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Mark Jayson Fuentes",
+            "email": "awkwardusername@gmail.com"
         }
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.5.9",
-        "illuminate/auth": "5.1.* || 5.2.*, || 5.3.*",
-        "illuminate/contracts": "5.1.* || 5.2.*, || 5.3.*",
-        "illuminate/http": "5.1.* || 5.2.*, || 5.3.*",
-        "illuminate/support": "5.1.* || 5.2.*, || 5.3.*",
+        "illuminate/auth": "~5.0",
+        "illuminate/contracts": "~5.0",
+        "illuminate/http": "~5.0",
+        "illuminate/support": "~5.0",
         "nesbot/carbon": "^1.0",
-        "illuminate/database": "*",
+        "illuminate/database": "~5.0",
         "ellipsesynergie/api-response": "*"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "cartalyst/sentinel": "2.0.*",
-        "illuminate/console": "5.1.* || 5.2.*, || 5.3.*",
-        "illuminate/database": "5.1.* || 5.2.*, || 5.3.*",
-        "illuminate/routing": "5.1.* || 5.2.*, || 5.3.*",
+        "illuminate/console": "~5.0",
+        "illuminate/database": "~5.0",
+        "illuminate/routing": "~5.0",
         "mockery/mockery": "0.9.*",
         "october/rain": "dev-stable",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^4.0 || ^5.0"
@@ -40,10 +44,5 @@
             "Chrisbjr\\ApiGuard\\": "src"
         }
     },
-    "extra": {
-        "branch-alias": {
-            "dev-master": "4.0-dev"
-        }
-    },
     "minimum-stability": "stable"
 }