diff -Nru phpmyadmin-5.2.1+dfsg/debian/changelog phpmyadmin-5.2.1+dfsg/debian/changelog
--- phpmyadmin-5.2.1+dfsg/debian/changelog	2023-02-08 13:57:42.000000000 +0100
+++ phpmyadmin-5.2.1+dfsg/debian/changelog	2023-04-14 18:11:15.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+phpmyadmin (4:5.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1) lunar; urgency=medium
+
+  * Require PHP >= 8.0 (Ref: LP: #1975892, Ref: LP: #2016016)
+
+ -- William Desportes <williamdes@wdes.fr>  Fri, 14 Apr 2023 18:11:15 +0200
+
 phpmyadmin (4:5.2.1+dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Add a d/pkg-php-tools-overrides to force the PHP 8.0 polyfill dep
diff -Nru phpmyadmin-5.2.1+dfsg/debian/patches/Require-PHP-8.0.patch phpmyadmin-5.2.1+dfsg/debian/patches/Require-PHP-8.0.patch
--- phpmyadmin-5.2.1+dfsg/debian/patches/Require-PHP-8.0.patch	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ phpmyadmin-5.2.1+dfsg/debian/patches/Require-PHP-8.0.patch	2023-04-14 18:11:06.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+From: William Desportes <williamdes@wdes.fr>
+Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 18:06:39 +0200
+Subject: Require PHP >= 8.0
+
+Origin: vendor
+Forwarded: not-needed
+---
+ index.php                | 9 +++++++--
+ js/messages.php          | 9 +++++++--
+ setup/lib/common.inc.php | 9 +++++++--
+ url.php                  | 9 +++++++--
+ 4 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
+index 26fcabf..8831d47 100644
+--- a/index.php
++++ b/index.php
+@@ -11,8 +11,13 @@ if (! defined('ROOT_PATH')) {
+     // phpcs:enable
+ }
+ 
+-if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 70205) {
+-    die('<p>PHP 7.2.5+ is required.</p><p>Currently installed version is: ' . PHP_VERSION . '</p>');
++if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000) {
++    die(
++        '<p>PHP 8.0.0+ is required ('
++        . '<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/symfony/+bug/1975892">Ubuntu Launchpad bug #1975892</a>'
++        . '&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/issues/17503">phpMyAdmin issue #17503</a>'
++        . ').</p><p>Currently installed version is: ' . PHP_VERSION . '</p>'
++    );
+ }
+ 
+ // phpcs:disable PSR1.Files.SideEffects
+diff --git a/js/messages.php b/js/messages.php
+index 927226b..1e2b249 100644
+--- a/js/messages.php
++++ b/js/messages.php
+@@ -15,8 +15,13 @@ if (! defined('ROOT_PATH')) {
+     // phpcs:enable
+ }
+ 
+-if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 70205) {
+-    die('<p>PHP 7.2.5+ is required.</p><p>Currently installed version is: ' . PHP_VERSION . '</p>');
++if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000) {
++    die(
++        '<p>PHP 8.0.0+ is required ('
++        . '<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/symfony/+bug/1975892">Ubuntu Launchpad bug #1975892</a>'
++        . '&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/issues/17503">phpMyAdmin issue #17503</a>'
++        . ').</p><p>Currently installed version is: ' . PHP_VERSION . '</p>'
++    );
+ }
+ 
+ // phpcs:disable PSR1.Files.SideEffects
+diff --git a/setup/lib/common.inc.php b/setup/lib/common.inc.php
+index 17adc52..b681566 100644
+--- a/setup/lib/common.inc.php
++++ b/setup/lib/common.inc.php
+@@ -6,8 +6,13 @@ use PhpMyAdmin\Common;
+ use PhpMyAdmin\Config\ConfigFile;
+ use PhpMyAdmin\DatabaseInterface;
+ 
+-if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 70205) {
+-    die('<p>PHP 7.2.5+ is required.</p><p>Currently installed version is: ' . PHP_VERSION . '</p>');
++if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000) {
++    die(
++        '<p>PHP 8.0.0+ is required ('
++        . '<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/symfony/+bug/1975892">Ubuntu Launchpad bug #1975892</a>'
++        . '&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/issues/17503">phpMyAdmin issue #17503</a>'
++        . ').</p><p>Currently installed version is: ' . PHP_VERSION . '</p>'
++    );
+ }
+ 
+ if (! defined('PHPMYADMIN')) {
+diff --git a/url.php b/url.php
+index 0274481..ebf69df 100644
+--- a/url.php
++++ b/url.php
+@@ -11,8 +11,13 @@ if (! defined('ROOT_PATH')) {
+     // phpcs:enable
+ }
+ 
+-if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 70205) {
+-    die('<p>PHP 7.2.5+ is required.</p><p>Currently installed version is: ' . PHP_VERSION . '</p>');
++if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000) {
++    die(
++        '<p>PHP 8.0.0+ is required ('
++        . '<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/symfony/+bug/1975892">Ubuntu Launchpad bug #1975892</a>'
++        . '&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/issues/17503">phpMyAdmin issue #17503</a>'
++        . ').</p><p>Currently installed version is: ' . PHP_VERSION . '</p>'
++    );
+ }
+ 
+ // phpcs:disable PSR1.Files.SideEffects
diff -Nru phpmyadmin-5.2.1+dfsg/debian/patches/series phpmyadmin-5.2.1+dfsg/debian/patches/series
--- phpmyadmin-5.2.1+dfsg/debian/patches/series	2023-02-08 13:57:42.000000000 +0100
+++ phpmyadmin-5.2.1+dfsg/debian/patches/series	2023-04-14 18:11:06.000000000 +0200
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 Drop-depends-on-paragonie-sodium_compat-since-PHP-7.2-is-required.patch
 Skip-part-of-RoutingTest-testGetDispatcher.patch
 Adjust-path-for-source-files-in-tests.patch
+Require-PHP-8.0.patch