diff --git a/composer.json-dist b/composer.json-dist
index 36c385d2f..6bedea949 100644
--- a/composer.json-dist
+++ b/composer.json-dist
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.4.0",
         "pear/pear-core-minimal": "~1.10.1",
-        "pear/net_socket": "~1.0.12",
+        "pear/net_socket": "~1.2.1",
         "pear/auth_sasl": "~1.1.0",
         "pear/net_idna2": "~0.2.0",
         "pear/mail_mime": "~1.10.0",