diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index c915e1a1143..d3509d2503c 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
         "symfony/polyfill-php84": "^1.38",
         "symfony/process": "^7.4",
         "symplify/easy-parallel": "^11.2.2",
-        "symplify/rule-doc-generator-contracts": "^11.2",
         "webmozart/assert": "^2.4"
     },
     "require-dev": {
@@ -51,14 +50,12 @@
         "phpstan/phpstan-phpunit": "^2.0",
         "phpstan/phpstan-webmozart-assert": "^2.0",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^12.5.6",
-        "rector/jack": "^0.5",
-        "rector/release-notes-generator": "^0.5.1",
+        "rector/jack": "^1.0",
         "rector/swiss-knife": "^2.4.1",
         "rector/type-perfect": "^2.1.2",
         "shipmonk/composer-dependency-analyser": "^1.8",
-        "symplify/easy-coding-standard": "^13.1",
-        "symplify/phpstan-extensions": "^12.0.2",
-        "symplify/phpstan-rules": "^14.9.11",
+        "symplify/easy-coding-standard": "^13.2",
+        "symplify/phpstan-rules": "^14.12",
         "symplify/vendor-patches": "^11.5",
         "tomasvotruba/class-leak": "^2.1",
         "tomasvotruba/unused-public": "^2.2",
diff --git a/phpstan.neon b/phpstan.neon
index 7ee0150788f..e2d83436e5d 100644
--- a/phpstan.neon
+++ b/phpstan.neon
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ parameters:
     typeAliases:
         StmtsAware: \PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Block | \PhpParser\Node\Expr\Closure | \PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Case_ | \PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Catch_ | \PhpParser\Node\Stmt\ClassMethod | \PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Do_ | \PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Else_ | \PhpParser\Node\Stmt\ElseIf_ | \PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Finally_ | \PhpParser\Node\Stmt\For_ | \PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Foreach_ | \PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Function_ | \PhpParser\Node\Stmt\If_ | \PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Namespace_ | \PhpParser\Node\Stmt\TryCatch | \PhpParser\Node\Stmt\While_ | \Rector\PhpParser\Node\FileNode | \PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Declare_
 
+    # see https://github.com/symplify/phpstan-rules
+    symplify:
+        symfonyReturnType: true
+        laravelReturnType: true
+        pathStrings: true
+
     # requires exact closure types
     checkMissingCallableSignature: true
     treatPhpDocTypesAsCertain: false