diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1207736..c5bec59 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ You can then install this application template using the following command:
 
 ~~~
 php composer.phar global require "fxp/composer-asset-plugin:1.0.0"
-php composer.phar create-project yiisoft/yii2-app-basic basic
+php composer.phar create-project --prefer-dist --stability=dev yiisoft/yii2-app-basic basic
 ~~~
 
 Now you should be able to access the application through the following URL, assuming `basic` is the directory
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 8b85c98..56756ec 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -12,20 +12,20 @@
         "irc": "irc://irc.freenode.net/yii",
         "source": "https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2"
     },
+    "minimum-stability": "dev",
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.4.0",
-        "yiisoft/yii2": "~2.0.0",
-        "yiisoft/yii2-bootstrap": "~2.0.0",
-        "yiisoft/yii2-swiftmailer": "~2.0.0"
+        "yiisoft/yii2": "*",
+        "yiisoft/yii2-bootstrap": "*",
+        "yiisoft/yii2-swiftmailer": "*"
     },
     "require-dev": {
-        "yiisoft/yii2-codeception": "~2.0.0",
-        "yiisoft/yii2-debug": "~2.0.0",
-        "yiisoft/yii2-gii": "~2.0.0",
-        "yiisoft/yii2-faker": "~2.0.0"
+        "yiisoft/yii2-codeception": "*",
+        "yiisoft/yii2-debug": "*",
+        "yiisoft/yii2-gii": "*",
+        "yiisoft/yii2-faker": "*"
     },
     "config": {
-        "preferred-install": "dist",
         "process-timeout": 1800
     },
     "scripts": {