diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/php-symfony/composer.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/php-symfony/composer.mustache
index 0683e3b1b06..8b5f3349970 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/php-symfony/composer.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/php-symfony/composer.mustache
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         "ext-json": "*",
         "ext-mbstring": "*",
         "symfony/validator": "*",
-        "jms/serializer-bundle": "*",
+        "jms/serializer-bundle": "^2.0",
         "symfony/framework-bundle": "^2.3|^3.0|^4.1"
     },
     "require-dev": {
diff --git a/samples/server/petstore/php-symfony/SymfonyBundle-php/composer.json b/samples/server/petstore/php-symfony/SymfonyBundle-php/composer.json
index 248a0f3747f..3bdb6e2f3f7 100644
--- a/samples/server/petstore/php-symfony/SymfonyBundle-php/composer.json
+++ b/samples/server/petstore/php-symfony/SymfonyBundle-php/composer.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         "ext-json": "*",
         "ext-mbstring": "*",
         "symfony/validator": "*",
-        "jms/serializer-bundle": "*",
+        "jms/serializer-bundle": "^2.0",
         "symfony/framework-bundle": "^2.3|^3.0|^4.1"
     },
     "require-dev": {