diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6e3212f..0e7cd97 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ See [keep a changelog] for information about writing changes to this log.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+- [PR-71](https://github.com/itk-dev/event-database-api/pull/71)
+  Require PHP 8.5 and apply the Rector PHP 8.5 rules
+
 - [PR-70](https://github.com/itk-dev/event-database-api/pull/70)
   Update the docker compose template (itk-version 3.2.4) and the PHP 8.5 image
 
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 26679fd..7cc162e 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ API platform front-end for the Danish event database used by the municipality of
 `docker-compose.yml` is part of the standard ITK Dev Symfony image but is **not used for domain data** (the
 `migrations/` and `src/Entity/` directories are empty).
 
-Stack: PHP 8.3+, Symfony 7.4, API Platform 4.3, Elasticsearch 8.x. Runs entirely in Docker via
+Stack: PHP 8.5+, Symfony 7.4, API Platform 4.3, Elasticsearch 8.x. Runs entirely in Docker via
 `itkdev/php8.5-fpm` + nginx.
 
 ## Common commands
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index ffeefda..26f7f92 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "license": "proprietary",
     "type": "project",
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=8.3",
+        "php": ">=8.5",
         "ext-ctype": "*",
         "ext-iconv": "*",
         "api-platform/core": "~4.3.0",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 3c3f893..382719a 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "747cb423309e517227c3648b1003fc5a",
+    "content-hash": "1c8b255e46f2edded27db7812fe8114e",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "api-platform/core",
@@ -8030,7 +8030,8 @@
                     "type": "github"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2026-07-05T06:31:06+00:00"
+            "time": "2026-07-05T06:31:06+00:00",
+            "published-time": "2026-07-05T06:31:19+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "phpstan/phpstan-strict-rules",
@@ -11116,10 +11117,10 @@
     "prefer-stable": true,
     "prefer-lowest": false,
     "platform": {
-        "php": ">=8.3",
+        "php": ">=8.5",
         "ext-ctype": "*",
         "ext-iconv": "*"
     },
     "platform-dev": {},
-    "plugin-api-version": "2.9.0"
+    "plugin-api-version": "2.11.0"
 }
diff --git a/rector.php b/rector.php
index 37ea484..9a2a485 100644
--- a/rector.php
+++ b/rector.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     // Coding style and import (`use`) management are owned by php-cs-fixer
     // (PostToolUse hook / coding standards), so Rector does not touch them.
     //
-    // Modernize to the language level declared in composer.json (PHP >= 8.3).
+    // Modernize to the language level declared in composer.json (PHP >= 8.5).
     ->withPhpSets()
     // Version-based upgrade + quality rules resolved from the installed package
     // versions (Symfony 7.4, PHPUnit 13). No domain Doctrine here — the entities
diff --git a/src/Command/ApiKeysAddCommand.php b/src/Command/ApiKeysAddCommand.php
index a343f19..4104de0 100644
--- a/src/Command/ApiKeysAddCommand.php
+++ b/src/Command/ApiKeysAddCommand.php
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
      */
     private function parseApiKeys(string $contents): array
     {
-        $value = (new Dotenv())->parse($contents)[self::ENV_VAR] ?? '[]';
+        $value = new Dotenv()->parse($contents)[self::ENV_VAR] ?? '[]';
 
         return json_decode($value, true, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
     }
diff --git a/src/Service/ElasticSearch/ElasticIndexException.php b/src/Service/ElasticSearch/ElasticIndexException.php
index 7b0074d..3c1aa3c 100644
--- a/src/Service/ElasticSearch/ElasticIndexException.php
+++ b/src/Service/ElasticSearch/ElasticIndexException.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ private function parse400(string $message): string
         $message = json_decode($message, false, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
 
         // Convert snake_case type to readable format (e.g., "parse_exception" -> "Parse exception")
-        $type = (new UnicodeString($message->error->root_cause[0]->type))
+        $type = new UnicodeString($message->error->root_cause[0]->type)
             ->replace('_', ' ')
             ->title()
             ->toString();
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/AbstractApiTestCase.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/AbstractApiTestCase.php
index 36075f9..efd7fd7 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/AbstractApiTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/AbstractApiTestCase.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 abstract class AbstractApiTestCase extends ApiTestCase
 {
+    #[\Override]
     protected static ?bool $alwaysBootKernel = false;
 
     protected static string $requestPath;
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ protected function get(array $query, ?string $path = null, bool $authenticated =
 
     protected static function formatDateTime(string $datetime): string
     {
-        return (new \DateTimeImmutable($datetime))->format(\DateTimeImmutable::ATOM);
+        return new \DateTimeImmutable($datetime)->format(\DateTimeImmutable::ATOM);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/AuthenticationTest.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/AuthenticationTest.php
index 17c391e..d209526 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/AuthenticationTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/AuthenticationTest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  */
 final class AuthenticationTest extends AbstractApiTestCase
 {
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $requestPath = '/api/v2/events';
 
     #[DataProvider('protectedEndpointProvider')]
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/Consumer/AarhusguidenContractTest.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/Consumer/AarhusguidenContractTest.php
index 99b7146..27120c8 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/Consumer/AarhusguidenContractTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/Consumer/AarhusguidenContractTest.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
  */
 final class AarhusguidenContractTest extends AbstractApiTestCase
 {
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $requestPath = '/api/v2/daily_occurrences';
 
     // Calendar / tag view: public events carrying a tag, within a date window,
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/Consumer/Os2displayContractTest.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/Consumer/Os2displayContractTest.php
index 5811f6b..a6a9db8 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/Consumer/Os2displayContractTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/Consumer/Os2displayContractTest.php
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
  */
 final class Os2displayContractTest extends AbstractApiTestCase
 {
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $requestPath = '/api/v2/occurrences';
 
     // Subscription poster: upcoming occurrences (end[gt]) for a tag/location.
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/Contract/CollectionContractTest.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/Contract/CollectionContractTest.php
index 7c65a30..95b5fd6 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/Contract/CollectionContractTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/Contract/CollectionContractTest.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  */
 final class CollectionContractTest extends AbstractApiTestCase
 {
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $requestPath = '/api/v2/events';
 
     #[DataProvider('collectionProvider')]
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/Contract/ContentNegotiationContractTest.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/Contract/ContentNegotiationContractTest.php
index a075060..c9cb196 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/Contract/ContentNegotiationContractTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/Contract/ContentNegotiationContractTest.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
 final class ContentNegotiationContractTest extends AbstractApiTestCase
 {
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $requestPath = '/api/v2/events';
 
     public function testLdJsonIsSupported(): void
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/Contract/DateFormatContractTest.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/Contract/DateFormatContractTest.php
index eb49f13..c0e9e72 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/Contract/DateFormatContractTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/Contract/DateFormatContractTest.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  */
 final class DateFormatContractTest extends AbstractApiTestCase
 {
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $requestPath = '/api/v2/events';
 
     private const string ISO_8601_OFFSET = '/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}[+-]\d{2}:\d{2}$/';
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/Contract/ErrorContractTest.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/Contract/ErrorContractTest.php
index d5656a6..56a6111 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/Contract/ErrorContractTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/Contract/ErrorContractTest.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
  */
 final class ErrorContractTest extends AbstractApiTestCase
 {
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $requestPath = '/api/v2/events';
 
     public function testUnauthenticatedErrorShape(): void
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/Contract/ItemContractTest.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/Contract/ItemContractTest.php
index 3c6ec51..045cb80 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/Contract/ItemContractTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/Contract/ItemContractTest.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  */
 final class ItemContractTest extends AbstractApiTestCase
 {
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $requestPath = '/api/v2/events';
 
     #[DataProvider('collectionWrappedItemProvider')]
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/DailyOccurrencesFilterTest.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/DailyOccurrencesFilterTest.php
index 1b9efb6..db92321 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/DailyOccurrencesFilterTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/DailyOccurrencesFilterTest.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  */
 final class DailyOccurrencesFilterTest extends AbstractApiTestCase
 {
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $requestPath = '/api/v2/daily_occurrences';
 
     #[DataProvider('getDailyOccurrencesProvider')]
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/DailyOccurrencesTest.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/DailyOccurrencesTest.php
index c7a7883..826d711 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/DailyOccurrencesTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/DailyOccurrencesTest.php
@@ -13,13 +13,17 @@ final class DailyOccurrencesTest extends AbstractApiTestCase
     use GetEntitiesTestTrait;
     use GetItemTestTrait;
 
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $requestPath = '/api/v2/daily_occurrences';
 
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $resourceClass = DailyOccurrence::class;
 
     // Members are the raw Elasticsearch _source with no @id/@type, so API
     // Platform's self-generated collection schema does not apply (see D6).
+    #[\Override]
     protected static bool $assertsGeneratedCollectionSchema = false;
 
+    #[\Override]
     protected static int|string $itemId = 10;
 }
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/EventsFilterTest.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/EventsFilterTest.php
index 32b5e0d..d906dab 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/EventsFilterTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/EventsFilterTest.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 final class EventsFilterTest extends AbstractApiTestCase
 {
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $requestPath = '/api/v2/events';
 
     #[DataProvider('getEventsProvider')]
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/EventsTest.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/EventsTest.php
index 6b0f0d4..0c1c154 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/EventsTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/EventsTest.php
@@ -16,13 +16,17 @@ final class EventsTest extends AbstractApiTestCase
     use GetEntitiesTestTrait;
     use GetItemTestTrait;
 
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $requestPath = '/api/v2/events';
 
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $resourceClass = Event::class;
 
     // Members are the raw Elasticsearch _source with no @id/@type, so API
     // Platform's self-generated collection schema does not apply (see D6).
+    #[\Override]
     protected static bool $assertsGeneratedCollectionSchema = false;
 
+    #[\Override]
     protected static int|string $itemId = 7;
 }
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/FilterErrorTest.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/FilterErrorTest.php
index 8982021..daf88ec 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/FilterErrorTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/FilterErrorTest.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  */
 final class FilterErrorTest extends AbstractApiTestCase
 {
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $requestPath = '/api/v2/events';
 
     #[DataProvider('invalidDateRangeProvider')]
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/LocationsFilterTest.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/LocationsFilterTest.php
index 6866c51..a3c44b6 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/LocationsFilterTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/LocationsFilterTest.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  */
 final class LocationsFilterTest extends AbstractApiTestCase
 {
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $requestPath = '/api/v2/locations';
 
     #[DataProvider('getLocationsProvider')]
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/LocationsTest.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/LocationsTest.php
index 4db86b7..bf43a18 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/LocationsTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/LocationsTest.php
@@ -13,13 +13,17 @@ final class LocationsTest extends AbstractApiTestCase
     use GetEntitiesTestTrait;
     use GetItemTestTrait;
 
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $requestPath = '/api/v2/locations';
 
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $resourceClass = Location::class;
 
     // Members are the raw Elasticsearch _source with no @id/@type, so API
     // Platform's self-generated collection schema does not apply (see D6).
+    #[\Override]
     protected static bool $assertsGeneratedCollectionSchema = false;
 
+    #[\Override]
     protected static int|string $itemId = 4;
 }
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/OccurrencesFilterTest.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/OccurrencesFilterTest.php
index 6018da4..70993ef 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/OccurrencesFilterTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/OccurrencesFilterTest.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 final class OccurrencesFilterTest extends AbstractApiTestCase
 {
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $requestPath = '/api/v2/occurrences';
 
     #[DataProvider('getOccurrencesProvider')]
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/OccurrencesTest.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/OccurrencesTest.php
index b516b84..a021486 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/OccurrencesTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/OccurrencesTest.php
@@ -13,13 +13,17 @@ final class OccurrencesTest extends AbstractApiTestCase
     use GetEntitiesTestTrait;
     use GetItemTestTrait;
 
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $requestPath = '/api/v2/occurrences';
 
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $resourceClass = Occurrence::class;
 
     // Members are the raw Elasticsearch _source with no @id/@type, so API
     // Platform's self-generated collection schema does not apply (see D6).
+    #[\Override]
     protected static bool $assertsGeneratedCollectionSchema = false;
 
+    #[\Override]
     protected static int|string $itemId = 10;
 }
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/OrganizationsFilterTest.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/OrganizationsFilterTest.php
index 73c5251..b84dcfc 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/OrganizationsFilterTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/OrganizationsFilterTest.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  */
 final class OrganizationsFilterTest extends AbstractApiTestCase
 {
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $requestPath = '/api/v2/organizations';
 
     #[DataProvider('getOrganizationsProvider')]
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/OrganizationsTest.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/OrganizationsTest.php
index 92e7eb6..bef3062 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/OrganizationsTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/OrganizationsTest.php
@@ -13,13 +13,17 @@ final class OrganizationsTest extends AbstractApiTestCase
     use GetEntitiesTestTrait;
     use GetItemTestTrait;
 
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $requestPath = '/api/v2/organizations';
 
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $resourceClass = Organization::class;
 
     // Members are the raw Elasticsearch _source with no @id/@type, so API
     // Platform's self-generated collection schema does not apply (see D6).
+    #[\Override]
     protected static bool $assertsGeneratedCollectionSchema = false;
 
+    #[\Override]
     protected static int|string $itemId = 9;
 }
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/PaginationTest.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/PaginationTest.php
index 46d4adb..5e23950 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/PaginationTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/PaginationTest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  */
 final class PaginationTest extends AbstractApiTestCase
 {
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $requestPath = '/api/v2/events';
 
     #[DataProvider('resourceProvider')]
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/SortTest.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/SortTest.php
index 7e707ad..bac6a23 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/SortTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/SortTest.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
 final class SortTest extends AbstractApiTestCase
 {
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $requestPath = '/api/v2/events';
 
     public function testEventsAreSortedByTitleAscending(): void
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/TagsFilterTest.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/TagsFilterTest.php
index f1a6d74..dc82b6e 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/TagsFilterTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/TagsFilterTest.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 final class TagsFilterTest extends AbstractApiTestCase
 {
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $requestPath = '/api/v2/tags';
 
     #[DataProvider('getTagsProvider')]
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/TagsTest.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/TagsTest.php
index c3b0610..b958e32 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/TagsTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/TagsTest.php
@@ -16,11 +16,15 @@ final class TagsTest extends AbstractApiTestCase
     use GetEntitiesTestTrait;
     use GetItemTestTrait;
 
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $requestPath = '/api/v2/tags';
 
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $resourceClass = Tag::class;
 
+    #[\Override]
     protected static int|string $itemId = 'aros';
 
+    #[\Override]
     protected static int|string $unknownItemId = 'no-such-tag-slug';
 }
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/VocabulariesFilterTest.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/VocabulariesFilterTest.php
index 51533e0..3870fff 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/VocabulariesFilterTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/VocabulariesFilterTest.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 final class VocabulariesFilterTest extends AbstractApiTestCase
 {
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $requestPath = '/api/v2/vocabularies';
 
     #[DataProvider('getVocabulariesProvider')]
diff --git a/tests/ApiPlatform/VocabulariesTest.php b/tests/ApiPlatform/VocabulariesTest.php
index 5f86b89..b569a95 100644
--- a/tests/ApiPlatform/VocabulariesTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiPlatform/VocabulariesTest.php
@@ -16,11 +16,15 @@ final class VocabulariesTest extends AbstractApiTestCase
     use GetEntitiesTestTrait;
     use GetItemTestTrait;
 
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $requestPath = '/api/v2/vocabularies';
 
+    #[\Override]
     protected static string $resourceClass = Vocabulary::class;
 
+    #[\Override]
     protected static int|string $itemId = 'aarhusguiden';
 
+    #[\Override]
     protected static int|string $unknownItemId = 'no-such-vocabulary-slug';
 }
diff --git a/tests/Command/ApiKeysAddCommandTest.php b/tests/Command/ApiKeysAddCommandTest.php
index b3389ec..e5c1b79 100644
--- a/tests/Command/ApiKeysAddCommandTest.php
+++ b/tests/Command/ApiKeysAddCommandTest.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public function testReplacesMultiLineValueAndKeepsOtherLines(): void
         $this->assertFileDoesNotExist($this->dir.'/.env.local.backup');
         $this->assertFileDoesNotExist($this->dir.'/.env.local.temp');
 
-        $env = (new Dotenv())->parse((string) file_get_contents($this->dir.'/.env.local'));
+        $env = new Dotenv()->parse((string) file_get_contents($this->dir.'/.env.local'));
         $this->assertSame('http://elasticsearch:9200', $env['INDEX_URL']);
         $this->assertSame('value', $env['OTHER']);
         $keys = $this->keys();
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ private function runCommand(string $username, array $answers = []): CommandTeste
      */
     private function keys(): array
     {
-        $env = (new Dotenv())->parse((string) file_get_contents($this->dir.'/.env.local'));
+        $env = new Dotenv()->parse((string) file_get_contents($this->dir.'/.env.local'));
 
         return json_decode((string) $env['APP_API_KEYS'], true, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
     }
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Service/ElasticSearch/SearchParamsBuilderTest.php b/tests/Unit/Service/ElasticSearch/SearchParamsBuilderTest.php
index 7ba3c20..70ecf33 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Service/ElasticSearch/SearchParamsBuilderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Service/ElasticSearch/SearchParamsBuilderTest.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ private function withFilters(array $clauses): array
     // Goal: with no filters the query defaults to match_all and pagination/sort are set.
     public function testDefaultsToMatchAllWithPagination(): void
     {
-        $params = (new SearchParamsBuilder())->buildParams(IndexName::Events->value, $this->noFilters(), 20, 5);
+        $params = new SearchParamsBuilder()->buildParams(IndexName::Events->value, $this->noFilters(), 20, 5);
 
         $this->assertSame(IndexName::Events->value, $params['index']);
         $this->assertEquals(['match_all' => (object) []], $params['body']['query']);
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public function testDefaultsToMatchAllWithPagination(): void
     // Goal: a single associative clause (e.g. a MatchFilter hit) is wrapped in bool/must.
     public function testSingleClauseWrappedInBoolMust(): void
     {
-        $params = (new SearchParamsBuilder())->buildParams(
+        $params = new SearchParamsBuilder()->buildParams(
             IndexName::Events->value,
             $this->withFilters([['match' => ['title' => 'x']]]),
             0,
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public function testSingleClauseWrappedInBoolMust(): void
     // nested under numeric keys.
     public function testListClauseIsFlattenedIntoMust(): void
     {
-        $params = (new SearchParamsBuilder())->buildParams(
+        $params = new SearchParamsBuilder()->buildParams(
             IndexName::Events->value,
             $this->withFilters([[['terms' => ['organizer.entityId' => ['9'], 'boost' => 1.0]]]]),
             0,
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public function testListClauseIsFlattenedIntoMust(): void
     // Goal: multiple clauses accumulate under a single bool/must.
     public function testMultipleClausesCombine(): void
     {
-        $params = (new SearchParamsBuilder())->buildParams(
+        $params = new SearchParamsBuilder()->buildParams(
             IndexName::Events->value,
             $this->withFilters([
                 ['match' => ['title' => 'x']],
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public function testMultipleClausesCombine(): void
     #[DataProvider('sortProvider')]
     public function testSortPerIndex(string $index, array $expectedSort): void
     {
-        $params = (new SearchParamsBuilder())->buildParams($index, $this->noFilters(), 0, 10);
+        $params = new SearchParamsBuilder()->buildParams($index, $this->noFilters(), 0, 10);
 
         $this->assertSame($expectedSort, $params['body']['sort']);
     }
diff --git a/tests/bootstrap.php b/tests/bootstrap.php
index 8e0530d..bc44ee1 100644
--- a/tests/bootstrap.php
+++ b/tests/bootstrap.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 require dirname(__DIR__).'/vendor/autoload.php';
 
 if (method_exists(Dotenv::class, 'bootEnv')) {
-    (new Dotenv())->bootEnv(dirname(__DIR__).'/.env');
+    new Dotenv()->bootEnv(dirname(__DIR__).'/.env');
 }
 
 if ($_SERVER['APP_DEBUG']) {