diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index f5493c7..1bbe200 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
     "symfony/console": "~3.0|~4.0",
     "symfony/process": "~3.0|~4.0",
     "symfony/filesystem": "~3.0|~4.0",
-    "symfony/yaml": "~3.0|~4.0"
+    "symfony/yaml": "~3.0|~4.0",
+    "ext-json": "*"
   },
   "bin": [
     "october"
diff --git a/october b/october
index cbf9c35..f261749 100755
--- a/october
+++ b/october
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php
 define('DS', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
+define('VERSION', '0.7.0');
 
 if (file_exists(__DIR__.'/../../autoload.php')) {
     require __DIR__.'/../../autoload.php';
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ if (file_exists(__DIR__.'/../../autoload.php')) {
     require __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';
 }
 
-$app = new Symfony\Component\Console\Application('October CMS Bootstrapper', '0.6.0');
+$app = new Symfony\Component\Console\Application('October CMS Bootstrapper', VERSION);
 $app->add(new \OFFLINE\Bootstrapper\October\Console\InitCommand);
 $app->add(new \OFFLINE\Bootstrapper\October\Console\InstallCommand);
 $app->add(new \OFFLINE\Bootstrapper\October\Console\UpdateCommand);
diff --git a/src/Console/InstallCommand.php b/src/Console/InstallCommand.php
index 2dbfec4..60f7304 100644
--- a/src/Console/InstallCommand.php
+++ b/src/Console/InstallCommand.php
@@ -180,9 +180,11 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             return false;
         }
 
+        $this->write('Patching composer.json...');
+        $this->patchComposerJson();
+
         $this->write('Installing composer dependencies...');
         $this->composer->install();
-        $this->composer->addDependency('offline/oc-bootstrapper');
 
         $this->write('Setting up config files...');
         $this->writeConfig($this->force);
@@ -405,4 +407,36 @@ public function prepareDatabase()
             }
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Add oc-bootstrapper as a local dependency.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function patchComposerJson()
+    {
+        if ( ! $this->fileExists('composer.json')) {
+            $this->write('Failed to locate composer.json in local directory', 'error');
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $structure = json_decode(file_get_contents($this->path('composer.json')));
+        if (json_last_error() !== JSON_ERROR_NONE) {
+            $this->write('Failed to parse composer.json', 'error');
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (isset($structure->config)) {
+            $structure->config->platform->php = '7.2.0'; // Minimum required version by cypresslab/gitelephant
+        }
+
+        $structure->require->{'offline/oc-bootstrapper'} = '^' . VERSION;
+
+        $contents = json_encode($structure, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES);
+        if (file_put_contents($this->path('composer.json'), $contents) === false) {
+            $this->write('Failed to write new composer.json', 'error');
+        }
+    }
 }