diff --git a/.phpcs.xml b/.phpcs.xml
index 39041262e..3673cf682 100644
--- a/.phpcs.xml
+++ b/.phpcs.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 		<exclude name="MediaWiki.Commenting.PropertyDocumentation.MissingDocumentationPublic" />
 		<exclude name="MediaWiki.Usage.ExtendClassUsage.FunctionConfigUsage" />
 		<exclude name="MediaWiki.WhiteSpace.SpaceBeforeSingleLineComment.NewLineComment" />
-		<exclude name="MediaWiki.WhiteSpace.SpaceBeforeClassBrace.BraceNotOnOwnLine" />
 	</rule>
 	<rule ref="Generic.Files.LineLength.TooLong">
 		<exclude-pattern>/src/WikiTexVC/Mhchem/MhchemPatterns.php</exclude-pattern>
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 523af4a0e..fd19e5139 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",