diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/bin/simple-phpunit b/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/bin/simple-phpunit
index f0c7c4085aba..3c68def22710 100755
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/bin/simple-phpunit
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/bin/simple-phpunit
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ if (!file_exists("$PHPUNIT_DIR/phpunit-$PHPUNIT_VERSION/phpunit") || md5_file(__
     }
 
     if (1 === \count($info['versions'])) {
-        $passthruOrFail("$COMPOSER create-project --ignore-platform-reqs --no-install --prefer-dist --no-scripts --no-plugins --no-progress --ansi -s dev phpunit/phpunit $PHPUNIT_VERSION_DIR \"$PHPUNIT_VERSION.*\"");
+        $passthruOrFail("$COMPOSER create-project --ignore-platform-reqs --no-install --prefer-dist --no-scripts --no-plugins --no-progress --ansi -s dev phpunit/phpunit phpunit-$PHPUNIT_VERSION \"$PHPUNIT_VERSION.*\"");
     } else {
-        $passthruOrFail("$COMPOSER create-project --ignore-platform-reqs --no-install --prefer-dist --no-scripts --no-plugins --no-progress --ansi phpunit/phpunit $PHPUNIT_VERSION_DIR \"$PHPUNIT_VERSION.*\"");
+        $passthruOrFail("$COMPOSER create-project --ignore-platform-reqs --no-install --prefer-dist --no-scripts --no-plugins --no-progress --ansi phpunit/phpunit phpunit-$PHPUNIT_VERSION \"$PHPUNIT_VERSION.*\"");
     }
 
     @copy("phpunit-$PHPUNIT_VERSION/phpunit.xsd", 'phpunit.xsd');