diff --git a/system/Entity/Entity.php b/system/Entity/Entity.php
index 03f6327f8142..482d092912f4 100644
--- a/system/Entity/Entity.php
+++ b/system/Entity/Entity.php
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 use CodeIgniter\I18n\Time;
 use Exception;
 use JsonSerializable;
+use ReturnTypeWillChange;
 
 /**
  * Entity encapsulation, for use with CodeIgniter\Model
@@ -406,8 +407,9 @@ private function castAsJson($value, bool $asArray = false)
     /**
      * Support for json_encode()
      *
-     * @return array|mixed
+     * @return array
      */
+    #[ReturnTypeWillChange]
     public function jsonSerialize()
     {
         return $this->toArray();