diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index a9b3eb118..130c21fe0 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
         "dingo/blueprint": "^0.2",
         "illuminate/routing": "^5.5",
         "illuminate/support": "^5.5",
-        "league/fractal": "^0.17",
-        "laravel/framework": "^5.5"
+        "league/fractal": "^0.17"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpdocumentor/reflection-docblock": "3.3.2",
diff --git a/src/Http/RateLimit/Handler.php b/src/Http/RateLimit/Handler.php
index 2853bd0ef..c9ddc2abc 100644
--- a/src/Http/RateLimit/Handler.php
+++ b/src/Http/RateLimit/Handler.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Dingo\Api\Http\RateLimit;
 
 use Dingo\Api\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Cache\CacheManager;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Illuminate\Container\Container;
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ protected function key($key)
      */
     protected function cache($key, $value, $minutes)
     {
-        $this->cache->add($this->key($key), $value, now()->addMinutes($minutes));
+        $this->cache->add($this->key($key), $value, Carbon::now()->addMinutes($minutes));
     }
 
     /**