diff --git a/docs/changes/1.x/1.5.0.md b/docs/changes/1.x/1.5.0.md
index ba8c15e939..bbe131d32f 100644
--- a/docs/changes/1.x/1.5.0.md
+++ b/docs/changes/1.x/1.5.0.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 ### Bug fixes
 
+- Set writeAttribute return type by [@radarhere](https://github.com/radarhere) fixing [#2204](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/issues/2204) in [#2776](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/pull/2776)
+
 ### Miscellaneous
 
 ### Deprecations
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Shared/XMLWriter.php b/src/PhpWord/Shared/XMLWriter.php
index 8dc28e1184..441eac05f0 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Shared/XMLWriter.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Shared/XMLWriter.php
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Shared;
 
 use Exception;
-use ReturnTypeWillChange;
 
 /**
  * XMLWriter.
@@ -173,11 +172,8 @@ public function writeAttributeIf($condition, $attribute, $value): void
     /**
      * @param string $name
      * @param mixed $value
-     *
-     * @return bool
      */
-    #[ReturnTypeWillChange]
-    public function writeAttribute($name, $value)
+    public function writeAttribute($name, $value): bool
     {
         if (is_float($value)) {
             $value = json_encode($value);