diff --git a/devspaces-udi/Dockerfile b/devspaces-udi/Dockerfile
index 5ff958023b..0542ebf2b1 100644
--- a/devspaces-udi/Dockerfile
+++ b/devspaces-udi/Dockerfile
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ ENV \
     HOME=/home/user \
     NODEJS_VERSION="16" \
     PYTHON_VERSION="3.9" \
-    PHP_VERSION="7.3" \
+    PHP_VERSION="8.0" \
     XDEBUG_VERSION="3.1.6"
     LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/lib64${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}}" \
     CPATH="/usr/include${CPATH:+:${CPATH}}" \
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ RUN \
 xdebug.client_port = 9000\n\
 xdebug.mode = debug\n\
 xdebug.start_with_request = yes\n\
-xdebug.remote_log=/tmp/xdebug.log" > /etc/php.ini && \
+xdebug.log=/tmp/xdebug.log" > /etc/php.ini && \
     # set up httpd
     sed -i 's/opt\/app-root\/src/projects/' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf && \
     sed -i 's/#DocumentRoot/DocumentRoot/' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf && \
diff --git a/devspaces-udi/build/php_xdebug.Dockerfile b/devspaces-udi/build/php_xdebug.Dockerfile
index 443bec848d..b590eb4920 100644
--- a/devspaces-udi/build/php_xdebug.Dockerfile
+++ b/devspaces-udi/build/php_xdebug.Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ FROM ubi8-minimal:latest
 USER root
 ENV \
     HOME=/home/user \
-    PHP_VERSION="7.4" \
+    PHP_VERSION="8.0" \
     XDEBUG_VERSION="3.1.6"
 
 RUN \
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ RUN \
 xdebug.client_port = 9000\n\
 xdebug.mode = debug\n\
 xdebug.start_with_request = yes\n\
-xdebug.remote_log=/tmp/xdebug.log" > /etc/php.ini && \
+xdebug.log=/tmp/xdebug.log" > /etc/php.ini && \
     # set up httpd
     sed -i 's/opt\/app-root\/src/projects/' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf && \
     sed -i 's/#DocumentRoot/DocumentRoot/' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf && \