diff --git a/.github/workflows/static-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/static-analysis.yml
index 691e4820dca..01780c3c3ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static-analysis.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Run a static analysis with phpstan/phpstan"
         continue-on-error: "${{ matrix.status == 'experimental' }}"
         run: "vendor/bin/phpstan analyse"
+        if: "${{ matrix.dbal-version == 'default' }}"
+
+      - name: "Run a static analysis with phpstan/phpstan"
+        continue-on-error: "${{ matrix.status == 'experimental' }}"
+        run: "vendor/bin/phpstan analyse -c phpstan-dbal3.neon"
+        if: "${{ matrix.dbal-version != 'default' }}"
 
   static-analysis-psalm:
     name: "Static Analysis with Psalm"
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Exception/NotSupported.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Exception/NotSupported.php
index 852826b6f6e..8669aa17a9d 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Exception/NotSupported.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Exception/NotSupported.php
@@ -10,4 +10,9 @@ public static function create(): self
     {
         return new self('This behaviour is (currently) not supported by Doctrine 2');
     }
+
+    public static function createForDbal3(): self
+    {
+        return new self('Feature was deprecated in doctrine/dbal 2.x and is not supported by installed doctrine/dbal:3.x, please see the doctrine/deprecations logs for new alternative approaches.');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Id/UuidGenerator.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Id/UuidGenerator.php
index be12ba617a6..f6b87589378 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Id/UuidGenerator.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Id/UuidGenerator.php
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@
 
 namespace Doctrine\ORM\Id;
 
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\AbstractPlatform;
 use Doctrine\Deprecations\Deprecation;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Exception\NotSupported;
+
+use function method_exists;
 
 /**
  * Represents an ID generator that uses the database UUID expression
@@ -22,10 +26,16 @@ public function __construct()
             '%s is deprecated with no replacement, use an application-side generator instead',
             self::class
         );
+
+        if (! method_exists(AbstractPlatform::class, 'getGuidExpression')) {
+            throw NotSupported::createForDbal3();
+        }
     }
 
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
+     *
+     * @throws NotSupported
      */
     public function generate(EntityManager $em, $entity)
     {
diff --git a/phpstan-dbal3.neon b/phpstan-dbal3.neon
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..217657bd647
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpstan-dbal3.neon
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+includes:
+    - phpstan-baseline.neon
+    - phpstan-params.neon
+
+parameters:
+    ignoreErrors:
+        # deprecations from doctrine/dbal:3.x
+        - '/^Call to an undefined method Doctrine\\DBAL\\Platforms\\AbstractPlatform::getGuidExpression\(\).$/'
diff --git a/phpstan-params.neon b/phpstan-params.neon
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..df303cb0365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpstan-params.neon
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+parameters:
+    level: 5
+    paths:
+        - lib
+        - tests/Doctrine/StaticAnalysis
+    excludePaths:
+        - lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/AttributeReader.php
+    earlyTerminatingMethodCalls:
+        Doctrine\ORM\Query\Parser:
+            - syntaxError
+    phpVersion: 70100
+    ignoreErrors:
+        # The class was added in PHP 8.1
+        - '/^Attribute class ReturnTypeWillChange does not exist.$/'
diff --git a/phpstan.neon b/phpstan.neon
index fbe0fb36d3b..57c10af3d7e 100644
--- a/phpstan.neon
+++ b/phpstan.neon
@@ -1,21 +1,8 @@
 includes:
     - phpstan-baseline.neon
+    - phpstan-params.neon
 
 parameters:
-    level: 5
-    paths:
-        - lib
-        - tests/Doctrine/StaticAnalysis
-    excludePaths:
-        - lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/AttributeReader.php
-    earlyTerminatingMethodCalls:
-        Doctrine\ORM\Query\Parser:
-            - syntaxError
-    phpVersion: 70100
-
     ignoreErrors:
-        # The class was added in PHP 8.1
-        - '/^Attribute class ReturnTypeWillChange does not exist.$/'
-
         # https://github.com/doctrine/collections/pull/282
         - '/Variable \$offset in isset\(\) always exists and is not nullable\./'
diff --git a/psalm.xml b/psalm.xml
index a236e670f74..13a3d928783 100644
--- a/psalm.xml
+++ b/psalm.xml
@@ -47,5 +47,11 @@
                 <referencedClass name="Doctrine\Common\Cache\XcacheCache"/>
             </errorLevel>
         </UndefinedClass>
+        <UndefinedMethod>
+            <errorLevel type="suppress">
+                <!-- See https://github.com/doctrine/orm/issues/8884 -->
+                <referencedMethod name="Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\AbstractPlatform::getGuidExpression"/>
+            </errorLevel>
+        </UndefinedMethod>
     </issueHandlers>
 </psalm>
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/UUIDGeneratorTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/UUIDGeneratorTest.php
index 00d262b526f..b67a64d225f 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/UUIDGeneratorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/UUIDGeneratorTest.php
@@ -4,13 +4,17 @@
 
 namespace Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional;
 
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\AbstractPlatform;
 use Doctrine\Deprecations\PHPUnit\VerifyDeprecations;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Exception\NotSupported;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Column;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Entity;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\GeneratedValue;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Id;
 use Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase;
 
+use function method_exists;
 use function strlen;
 
 /**
@@ -22,6 +26,10 @@ class UUIDGeneratorTest extends OrmFunctionalTestCase
 
     public function testItIsDeprecated(): void
     {
+        if (! method_exists(AbstractPlatform::class, 'getGuidExpression')) {
+            self::markTestSkipped('Test valid for doctrine/dbal:2.x only.');
+        }
+
         $this->expectDeprecationWithIdentifier('https://github.com/doctrine/orm/issues/7312');
         $this->_em->getClassMetadata(UUIDEntity::class);
     }
@@ -32,6 +40,10 @@ public function testGenerateUUID(): void
             self::markTestSkipped('Currently restricted to MySQL platform.');
         }
 
+        if (! method_exists(AbstractPlatform::class, 'getGuidExpression')) {
+            self::markTestSkipped('Test valid for doctrine/dbal:2.x only.');
+        }
+
         $this->_schemaTool->createSchema([
             $this->_em->getClassMetadata(UUIDEntity::class),
         ]);
@@ -41,6 +53,16 @@ public function testGenerateUUID(): void
         self::assertNotNull($entity->getId());
         self::assertGreaterThan(0, strlen($entity->getId()));
     }
+
+    public function testItCannotBeInitialised(): void
+    {
+        if (method_exists(AbstractPlatform::class, 'getGuidExpression')) {
+            self::markTestSkipped('Test valid for doctrine/dbal:3.x only.');
+        }
+
+        $this->expectException(NotSupported::class);
+        $this->_em->getClassMetadata(UUIDEntity::class);
+    }
 }
 
 /**