diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f0668f8c14..32f3593d1a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ a release.
 ---
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Added
+- Support for `doctrine/persistence` ^4.0
+
 ### Deprecated
 - Sluggable: Annotation-specific mapping parameters (#2837)
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index a1b84dfcda..bc55266266 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         "doctrine/collections": "^1.2 || ^2.0",
         "doctrine/deprecations": "^1.0",
         "doctrine/event-manager": "^1.2 || ^2.0",
-        "doctrine/persistence": "^2.2 || ^3.0",
+        "doctrine/persistence": "^2.2 || ^3.0 || ^4.0",
         "psr/cache": "^1 || ^2 || ^3",
         "psr/clock": "^1",
         "symfony/cache": "^5.4 || ^6.0 || ^7.0"
diff --git a/src/References/ReferencesListener.php b/src/References/ReferencesListener.php
index 6f9c7c85e4..de61a48ba8 100644
--- a/src/References/ReferencesListener.php
+++ b/src/References/ReferencesListener.php
@@ -126,15 +126,12 @@ public function postLoad(EventArgs $eventArgs)
                         $property->setValue(
                             $object,
                             new LazyCollection(
-                                static function () use ($id, &$manager, $class, $identifier) {
-                                    $results = $manager
-                                        ->getRepository($class)
+                                static fn () => new ArrayCollection(
+                                    $manager->getRepository($class)
                                         ->findBy([
                                             $identifier => $id,
-                                        ]);
-
-                                    return new ArrayCollection(is_array($results) ? $results : $results->toArray());
-                                }
+                                        ])
+                                )
                             )
                         );
                     }
@@ -235,15 +232,12 @@ public function updateManyEmbedReferences(EventArgs $eventArgs)
                 $property->setValue(
                     $object,
                     new LazyCollection(
-                        static function () use ($id, &$manager, $class, $identifier) {
-                            $results = $manager
-                                ->getRepository($class)
+                        static fn () => new ArrayCollection(
+                            $manager->getRepository($class)
                                 ->findBy([
                                     $identifier => $id,
-                                ]);
-
-                            return new ArrayCollection(is_array($results) ? $results : $results->toArray());
-                        }
+                                ])
+                        )
                     )
                 );
             }