diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 293e5089cf1..5c4f6468642 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        php-version: [7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3]
+        php-version: [7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5]
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
diff --git a/lib/php/src/ext/thrift_protocol/php_thrift_protocol.cpp b/lib/php/src/ext/thrift_protocol/php_thrift_protocol.cpp
index c016b070b6a..523fd2c9c8c 100644
--- a/lib/php/src/ext/thrift_protocol/php_thrift_protocol.cpp
+++ b/lib/php/src/ext/thrift_protocol/php_thrift_protocol.cpp
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ void throw_tprotocolexception(const char* what, long errorcode) {
 // Sets EG(exception), call this and then RETURN_NULL();
 static
 void throw_zend_exception_from_std_exception(const std::exception& ex) {
-  zend_throw_exception(zend_exception_get_default(), const_cast<char*>(ex.what()), 0);
+  zend_throw_exception(zend_ce_exception, const_cast<char*>(ex.what()), 0);
 }
 
 static