Self referencing array breaks with PHPUnit 5.7 but worked with PHPUnit 4.8

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Q	A
PHPUnit version	5.7.16
PHP version	5.6.30
Installation Method	Composer

I'm trying to run the following test with Phpunit 5.7.16. The test does not fail when using PHPUnit 4.8.35.
I'm using PHP 5.6.30.

<?php

namespace Puzzle\Pieces;

class Json
{
        public static function encode($value, $option = 0, $depth = 512)
        {
            $json = json_encode($value, $option, $depth);

            if($json === false)
            {
                $jsonLastError = json_last_error();

                throw new Exceptions\JsonEncodeError(json_last_error_msg());
            }

            return $json;
        }
}

<?php

namespace Puzzle\Pieces;

class JsonTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    /**
     * @dataProvider providerTestJsonEncodeException
     * @expectedException Puzzle\Pieces\Exceptions\JsonEncodeError
     */
    public function testJsonEncodeException($data)
    {
        Json::encode($data);
    }

    public function providerTestJsonEncodeException()
    {
        $recursionData = array();
        $recursionData[] = &$recursionData;

        return [
            'JSON_ERROR_RECURSION' => [
                'data' => $recursionData,
            ]
        ];
    }
}

Here the error.

Fatal error: Maximum function nesting level of '256' reached, aborting! in /usr/src/puzzle-pieces/vendor/phpunit/phpunit/src/Framework/TestCase.php on line 2442