diff --git a/UPGRADING b/UPGRADING
index 51580c8f26b23..3689f7f1bdb0d 100644
--- a/UPGRADING
+++ b/UPGRADING
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ PHP 8.4 UPGRADE NOTES
   . SoapClient::$sdl is now a Soap\Sdl object rather than a resource.
     Checks using is_resource() (i.e. is_resource($client->sdl)) should be
     replaced with checks for null (i.e. $client->sdl !== null).
+  . SoapClient::$typemap is now an array rather than a resource.
+    Checks using is_resource() (i.e. is_resource($client->typemap)) should be
+    replaced with checks for null (i.e. $client->typemap !== null).
 
 - SPL:
   . Out of bounds accesses in SplFixedArray now throw an exception of type
diff --git a/ext/soap/soap.c b/ext/soap/soap.c
index 8b3f20f3f5140..d59b34a1e22c2 100644
--- a/ext/soap/soap.c
+++ b/ext/soap/soap.c
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@
 #include "zend_interfaces.h"
 #include "ext/standard/php_incomplete_class.h"
 
-
-static int le_typemap = 0;
-
 typedef struct _soapHeader {
 	sdlFunctionPtr                    function;
 	zval                              function_name;
@@ -63,7 +60,6 @@ static xmlNodePtr serialize_parameter(sdlParamPtr param,zval *param_val,int inde
 static xmlNodePtr serialize_zval(zval *val, sdlParamPtr param, char *paramName, int style, xmlNodePtr parent);
 
 static void delete_service(void *service);
-static void delete_hashtable(void *hashtable);
 
 static void soap_error_handler(int error_num, zend_string *error_filename, const uint32_t error_lineno, zend_string *message);
 
@@ -134,8 +130,6 @@ static void soap_error_handler(int error_num, zend_string *error_filename, const
 		} \
 	}
 
-#define FETCH_TYPEMAP_RES(ss,tmp) ss = (HashTable*) zend_fetch_resource_ex(tmp, "typemap", le_typemap)
-
 #define Z_PARAM_NAME_P(zv) php_soap_deref(OBJ_PROP_NUM(Z_OBJ_P(zv), 0))
 #define Z_PARAM_DATA_P(zv) php_soap_deref(OBJ_PROP_NUM(Z_OBJ_P(zv), 1))
 
@@ -454,11 +448,6 @@ PHP_RINIT_FUNCTION(soap)
 	return SUCCESS;
 }
 
-static void delete_hashtable_res(zend_resource *res)
-{
-	delete_hashtable(res->ptr);
-}
-
 PHP_MINIT_FUNCTION(soap)
 {
 	/* TODO: add ini entry for always use soap errors */
@@ -489,8 +478,6 @@ PHP_MINIT_FUNCTION(soap)
 
 	soap_header_class_entry = register_class_SoapHeader();
 
-	le_typemap = zend_register_list_destructors_ex(delete_hashtable_res, NULL, "SOAP table", module_number);
-
 	soap_url_class_entry = register_class_Soap_Url();
 	soap_url_class_entry->create_object = soap_url_object_create;
 	soap_url_class_entry->default_object_handlers = &soap_url_object_handlers;
@@ -2148,8 +2135,7 @@ PHP_METHOD(SoapClient, __construct)
 	if (typemap_ht) {
 		HashTable *typemap = soap_create_typemap(sdl, typemap_ht);
 		if (typemap) {
-			zend_resource *res = zend_register_resource(typemap, le_typemap);
-			ZVAL_RES(Z_CLIENT_TYPEMAP_P(this_ptr), res);
+			ZVAL_ARR(Z_CLIENT_TYPEMAP_P(this_ptr), typemap);
 		}
 	}
 	SOAP_CLIENT_END_CODE();
@@ -2281,8 +2267,8 @@ static void do_soap_call(zend_execute_data *execute_data,
 	}
 
 	tmp = Z_CLIENT_TYPEMAP_P(this_ptr);
-	if (Z_TYPE_P(tmp) == IS_RESOURCE) {
-		FETCH_TYPEMAP_RES(typemap, tmp);
+	if (Z_TYPE_P(tmp) == IS_ARRAY) {
+		typemap = Z_ARR_P(tmp);
 	}
 
 	clear_soap_fault(this_ptr);
@@ -4478,10 +4464,4 @@ static void delete_service(void *data) /* {{{ */
 }
 /* }}} */
 
-static void delete_hashtable(void *data) /* {{{ */
-{
-	HashTable *ht = (HashTable*)data;
-	zend_hash_destroy(ht);
-	efree(ht);
-}
 /* }}} */
diff --git a/ext/soap/soap.stub.php b/ext/soap/soap.stub.php
index fca82d993d20b..8806d73662d9c 100644
--- a/ext/soap/soap.stub.php
+++ b/ext/soap/soap.stub.php
@@ -537,8 +537,7 @@ class SoapClient
         private bool $trace = false;
         private ?int $compression = null;
         private ?Soap\Sdl $sdl = null;
-        /** @var resource|null */
-        private $typemap = null;
+        private ?array $typemap = null;
         /** @var resource|null */
         private $httpsocket = null;
         private ?Soap\Url $httpurl = null;
diff --git a/ext/soap/soap_arginfo.h b/ext/soap/soap_arginfo.h
index fc9d567d26cae..857c3f4be3c23 100644
--- a/ext/soap/soap_arginfo.h
+++ b/ext/soap/soap_arginfo.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* This is a generated file, edit the .stub.php file instead.
- * Stub hash: 70fce84457c1e8fc45832d1fa6e7e070c67ad03f */
+ * Stub hash: 81d0b54b93829f3cd4b12731f6b6ae140b06a0f1 */
 
 ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_WITH_RETURN_TYPE_INFO_EX(arginfo_use_soap_error_handler, 0, 0, _IS_BOOL, 0)
 	ZEND_ARG_TYPE_INFO_WITH_DEFAULT_VALUE(0, enable, _IS_BOOL, 0, "true")
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ static zend_class_entry *register_class_SoapClient(void)
 	zval property_typemap_default_value;
 	ZVAL_NULL(&property_typemap_default_value);
 	zend_string *property_typemap_name = zend_string_init("typemap", sizeof("typemap") - 1, 1);
-	zend_declare_typed_property(class_entry, property_typemap_name, &property_typemap_default_value, ZEND_ACC_PRIVATE, NULL, (zend_type) ZEND_TYPE_INIT_NONE(0));
+	zend_declare_typed_property(class_entry, property_typemap_name, &property_typemap_default_value, ZEND_ACC_PRIVATE, NULL, (zend_type) ZEND_TYPE_INIT_MASK(MAY_BE_ARRAY|MAY_BE_NULL));
 	zend_string_release(property_typemap_name);
 
 	zval property_httpsocket_default_value;