diff --git a/autotest-external.sh b/autotest-external.sh
index 6128f68136f9a83c8d1996095bfb80732d30413a..0a3fafbd2a6f0b36debe5abd0d21b9e77bfaa246 100755
--- a/autotest-external.sh
+++ b/autotest-external.sh
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ PHPUNIT_VERSION=$("$PHPUNIT" --version | cut -d" " -f2)
 PHPUNIT_MAJOR_VERSION=$(echo $PHPUNIT_VERSION | cut -d"." -f1)
 PHPUNIT_MINOR_VERSION=$(echo $PHPUNIT_VERSION | cut -d"." -f2)
 
-if ! [ $PHPUNIT_MAJOR_VERSION -gt 3 -o \( $PHPUNIT_MAJOR_VERSION -eq 3 -a $PHPUNIT_MINOR_VERSION -ge 7 \) ]; then
-	echo "phpunit version >= 3.7 required. Version found: $PHPUNIT_VERSION" >&2
+if ! [ $PHPUNIT_MAJOR_VERSION -gt 4 -o \( $PHPUNIT_MAJOR_VERSION -eq 4 -a $PHPUNIT_MINOR_VERSION -ge 4 \) ]; then
+	echo "phpunit version >= 4.4 required. Version found: $PHPUNIT_VERSION" >&2
 	exit 4
 fi
 
diff --git a/autotest.sh b/autotest.sh
index 48b73283499e459f78d6dfd36c3e0e9536181676..61c21dc0ba23a9ef0c7497d592ca0baa3bb9c6dd 100755
--- a/autotest.sh
+++ b/autotest.sh
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ PHPUNIT_VERSION=$($PHPUNIT --version | cut -d" " -f2)
 PHPUNIT_MAJOR_VERSION=$(echo "$PHPUNIT_VERSION" | cut -d"." -f1)
 PHPUNIT_MINOR_VERSION=$(echo "$PHPUNIT_VERSION" | cut -d"." -f2)
 
-if ! [ "$PHPUNIT_MAJOR_VERSION" -gt 3 -o \( "$PHPUNIT_MAJOR_VERSION" -eq 3 -a "$PHPUNIT_MINOR_VERSION" -ge 7 \) ]; then
-	echo "phpunit version >= 3.7 required. Version found: $PHPUNIT_VERSION" >&2
+if ! [ "$PHPUNIT_MAJOR_VERSION" -gt 4 -o \( "$PHPUNIT_MAJOR_VERSION" -eq 4 -a "$PHPUNIT_MINOR_VERSION" -ge 4 \) ]; then
+	echo "phpunit version >= 4.4 required. Version found: $PHPUNIT_VERSION" >&2
 	exit 4
 fi