diff --git a/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml b/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml
index 3ace4e55e..87eef8757 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         php-version:
-          - "7.4"
+          - "8.0"
 
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout"
diff --git a/phpcs.xml.dist b/phpcs.xml.dist
index 85bc70261..2d773fac2 100644
--- a/phpcs.xml.dist
+++ b/phpcs.xml.dist
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
     <!-- Ignore warnings, show progress of the run and show sniff names -->
     <arg value="nps"/>
 
+    <config name="php_version" value="70100"/>
+
     <file>.</file>
     <exclude-pattern>vendor/*</exclude-pattern>
 
     <rule ref="Doctrine">
         <exclude name="SlevomatCodingStandard.TypeHints.DeclareStrictTypes"/>
-        <exclude name="SlevomatCodingStandard.ControlStructures.RequireNullCoalesceEqualOperator.RequiredNullCoalesceEqualOperator"/> <!-- PHP 7.4 required-->
-        <exclude name="SlevomatCodingStandard.TypeHints.PropertyTypeHint.MissingNativeTypeHint"/> <!-- PHP 7.4 required-->
         <exclude name="SlevomatCodingStandard.TypeHints.ReturnTypeHint.MissingNativeTypeHint"/> <!-- we can do it in doctrine-bundle 3.0-->
         <exclude name="SlevomatCodingStandard.TypeHints.ParameterTypeHint.MissingNativeTypeHint"/> <!-- we can do it in doctrine-bundle 3.0 -->
         <exclude name="SlevomatCodingStandard.Classes.SuperfluousInterfaceNaming.SuperfluousSuffix"/>