diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f74ccb4..18875ed 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ### 8.0.0: TBD
 * Change theme name from Roots to Sage
+* Bump required PHP version to >=5.4
 * Add namespace
+* Use short echo syntax
 * Switch from Grunt to gulp, new workflow
 * Use wiredep for Sass and Less injection
 * Implement JSON file based asset pipeline
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cf8e3e3..6f0543a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ Sage is a WordPress starter theme based on [HTML5 Boilerplate](http://html5boile
 * Newsletter: [Subscribe](http://roots.io/subscribe/)
 * Forum: [http://discourse.roots.io/](http://discourse.roots.io/)
 
+## Requirements
+
+* PHP >= 5.4
+* Node.js >= 0.10.0
+* gulp (`npm install -g gulp`)
+* Bower (`npm install -g bower`)
+
 ## Features
 
 * [gulp](http://gulpjs.com/) for compiling Sass and LESS, checking for JavaScript errors, live reloading, concatenating and minifying files, and versioning assets
diff --git a/lib/assets.php b/lib/assets.php
index 12644ce..cf2b943 100644
--- a/lib/assets.php
+++ b/lib/assets.php
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ function google_analytics() { ?>
       console.log('GoogleAnalytics: ' + [].slice.call(arguments));
     }
   <?php endif; ?>
-  ga('create','<?php echo GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID; ?>','auto');ga('send','pageview');
+  ga('create','<?= GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID; ?>','auto');ga('send','pageview');
 </script>
 
 <?php }
diff --git a/templates/entry-meta.php b/templates/entry-meta.php
index f944411..b47cb0c 100644
--- a/templates/entry-meta.php
+++ b/templates/entry-meta.php
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-<time class="updated" datetime="<?php echo get_the_time('c'); ?>"><?php echo get_the_date(); ?></time>
-<p class="byline author vcard"><?php echo __('By', 'sage'); ?> <a href="<?php echo get_author_posts_url(get_the_author_meta('ID')); ?>" rel="author" class="fn"><?php echo get_the_author(); ?></a></p>
+<time class="updated" datetime="<?= get_the_time('c'); ?>"><?= get_the_date(); ?></time>
+<p class="byline author vcard"><?= __('By', 'sage'); ?> <a href="<?= get_author_posts_url(get_the_author_meta('ID')); ?>" rel="author" class="fn"><?= get_the_author(); ?></a></p>
diff --git a/templates/head.php b/templates/head.php
index d081d0c..f36abe6 100644
--- a/templates/head.php
+++ b/templates/head.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
 
-  <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="<?php echo get_bloginfo('name'); ?> Feed" href="<?php echo esc_url(get_feed_link()); ?>">
+  <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="<?= get_bloginfo('name'); ?> Feed" href="<?= esc_url(get_feed_link()); ?>">
 
   <?php wp_head(); ?>
 </head>
diff --git a/templates/header.php b/templates/header.php
index 6656578..56995f1 100644
--- a/templates/header.php
+++ b/templates/header.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         <span class="icon-bar"></span>
         <span class="icon-bar"></span>
       </button>
-      <a class="navbar-brand" href="<?php echo esc_url(home_url('/')); ?>"><?php bloginfo('name'); ?></a>
+      <a class="navbar-brand" href="<?= esc_url(home_url('/')); ?>"><?php bloginfo('name'); ?></a>
     </div>
 
     <nav class="collapse navbar-collapse" role="navigation">
diff --git a/templates/page-header.php b/templates/page-header.php
index 92a58e4..c196e29 100644
--- a/templates/page-header.php
+++ b/templates/page-header.php
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 <div class="page-header">
   <h1>
-    <?php echo Titles\title(); ?>
+    <?= Titles\title(); ?>
   </h1>
 </div>
diff --git a/templates/searchform.php b/templates/searchform.php
index ec4d45b..b8bc8c8 100644
--- a/templates/searchform.php
+++ b/templates/searchform.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<form role="search" method="get" class="search-form form-inline" action="<?php echo esc_url(home_url('/')); ?>">
+<form role="search" method="get" class="search-form form-inline" action="<?= esc_url(home_url('/')); ?>">
   <label class="sr-only"><?php _e('Search for:', 'sage'); ?></label>
   <div class="input-group">
-    <input type="search" value="<?php echo get_search_query(); ?>" name="s" class="search-field form-control" placeholder="<?php _e('Search', 'sage'); ?> <?php bloginfo('name'); ?>" required>
+    <input type="search" value="<?= get_search_query(); ?>" name="s" class="search-field form-control" placeholder="<?php _e('Search', 'sage'); ?> <?php bloginfo('name'); ?>" required>
     <span class="input-group-btn">
       <button type="submit" class="search-submit btn btn-default"><?php _e('Search', 'sage'); ?></button>
     </span>