diff --git a/lib/Service/LabelService.php b/lib/Service/LabelService.php
index 2be4b5d9d..ffe5b8e4e 100644
--- a/lib/Service/LabelService.php
+++ b/lib/Service/LabelService.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class LabelService {
 	/** @var ChangeHelper */
 	private $changeHelper;
 	/** @var LabelServiceValidator */
-	private LabelServiceValidator $labelServiceValidator;
+	private $labelServiceValidator;
 
 	public function __construct(
 		LabelMapper $labelMapper,
diff --git a/tests/unit/Validators/ValidatorTestBase.php b/tests/unit/Validators/ValidatorTestBase.php
index cce03f6ed..81f1cc76e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Validators/ValidatorTestBase.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Validators/ValidatorTestBase.php
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ use OCA\Deck\BadRequestException;
 use OCA\Deck\Validators\BaseValidator;
 
 abstract class ValidatorTestBase extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase {
-	protected BaseValidator $validator;
+	/** @var BaseValidator */
+	protected $validator;
 
 	public function setUpValidatorTest($class = null): void {
 		parent::setUp();