diff --git a/.phpcs.xml b/.phpcs.xml
index b47a643bc..c4ca61e22 100644
--- a/.phpcs.xml
+++ b/.phpcs.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <ruleset>
 	<rule ref="./vendor/mediawiki/mediawiki-codesniffer/MediaWiki">
+		<exclude name="Generic.CodeAnalysis.AssignmentInCondition.Found" />
+		<exclude name="Generic.CodeAnalysis.AssignmentInCondition.FoundInWhileCondition" />
 		<!--
 		Code such as this:
 			while ( ( $foo = $foo->nextSibling ) && someCondition( $foo ) ) { … }
@@ -14,7 +16,6 @@
 		typo for `==`, which is a convention borrowed from C:
 			while ( ( $foo = $foo->nextSibling ) ) { … }
 		-->
-		<exclude name="Generic.CodeAnalysis.AssignmentInCondition" />
 	</rule>
 	<file>.</file>
 	<arg name="extensions" value="php" />
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 347ce0185..8825a52a3 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"require-dev": {
-		"mediawiki/mediawiki-codesniffer": "43.0.0",
+		"mediawiki/mediawiki-codesniffer": "44.0.0",
 		"mediawiki/mediawiki-phan-config": "0.14.0",
 		"mediawiki/minus-x": "1.1.3",
 		"php-parallel-lint/php-console-highlighter": "1.0.0",