diff --git a/.github/workflows/phpunit.yml b/.github/workflows/phpunit.yml
index 3269d4b78..a43e796cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/phpunit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/phpunit.yml
@@ -89,11 +89,11 @@ jobs:
       run: php ./tests/wait_broker.php
 
     - name: PHPUnit tests
-      run: ./vendor/bin/phpunit
+      run: ./vendor/bin/phpunit -d memory_limit=512M
       if: matrix.coverage == 'none'
 
     - name: PHPUnit tests + coverage
-      run: ./vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-clover=coverage.xml
+      run: ./vendor/bin/phpunit -d memory_limit=512M --coverage-clover=coverage.xml
       if: matrix.coverage != 'none'
 
     - name: Upload Codecov coverage
diff --git a/PhpAmqpLib/Connection/AMQPStreamConnection.php b/PhpAmqpLib/Connection/AMQPStreamConnection.php
index f9f5c377f..3480d1122 100644
--- a/PhpAmqpLib/Connection/AMQPStreamConnection.php
+++ b/PhpAmqpLib/Connection/AMQPStreamConnection.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public function __construct(
         $ssl_protocol = null,
         ?AMQPConnectionConfig $config = null
     ) {
-        if (func_num_args() === 17 || ($ssl_protocol !== null && $ssl_protocol instanceof AMQPConnectionConfig === false)) {
+        if ($ssl_protocol !== null && $ssl_protocol instanceof AMQPConnectionConfig === false) {
             trigger_error(
                 '$ssl_protocol parameter is deprecated, use stream_context_set_option($context, \'ssl\', \'crypto_method\', $ssl_protocol) instead (see https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.stream-socket-enable-crypto.php for possible values)',
                 E_USER_DEPRECATED
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Connection/AMQPStreamConnectionTest.php b/tests/Unit/Connection/AMQPStreamConnectionTest.php
index fad5b8626..d2988664e 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Connection/AMQPStreamConnectionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Connection/AMQPStreamConnectionTest.php
@@ -2,17 +2,19 @@
 
 namespace PhpAmqpLib\Tests\Unit\Connection;
 
+use InvalidArgumentException;
 use PhpAmqpLib\Connection\AMQPStreamConnection;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use RuntimeException;
 
 class AMQPStreamConnectionTest extends TestCase
 {
     /**
      * @test
      */
-    public function channel_rpc_timeout_should_be_invalid_if_greater_than_read_write_timeout()
+    public function channel_rpc_timeout_should_be_invalid_if_greater_than_read_write_timeout(): void
     {
-        $this->expectException(\InvalidArgumentException::class);
+        $this->expectException(InvalidArgumentException::class);
         $this->expectExceptionMessage('channel RPC timeout must not be greater than I/O read-write timeout');
 
         new AMQPStreamConnection(
@@ -33,4 +35,79 @@ public function channel_rpc_timeout_should_be_invalid_if_greater_than_read_write
             5.0
         );
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     * Generate deprecation warning if ssl_protocol is set
+     */
+    public function trigger_deprecation_is_ssl_protocl_set(): void
+    {
+        // this is a workaround for deprecated PHPUnit functions
+        set_error_handler(
+            static function ($errno, $errstr) {
+                restore_error_handler();
+                throw new RuntimeException($errstr, $errno);
+            },
+            E_USER_DEPRECATED
+        );
+
+        $this->expectException(RuntimeException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage(
+            '$ssl_protocol parameter is deprecated, use stream_context_set_option($context, \'ssl\', \'crypto_method\', $ssl_protocol) instead (see https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.stream-socket-enable-crypto.php for possible values)'
+        );
+
+        new AMQPStreamConnection(
+            HOST,
+            PORT,
+            USER,
+            PASS,
+            VHOST,
+            false,
+            'AMQPLAIN',
+            null,
+            'en_US',
+            3.0,
+            3.0,
+            null,
+            false,
+            0,
+            3.0,
+            'test_ssl_protocol'
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     * Generate deprecation warning if ssl_protocol is set with named parameters
+     */
+    public function trigger_deprecation_is_ssl_protocl_set_with_named_params(): void
+    {
+        if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('Named parameters are available in PHP 8.0+');
+        }
+
+        // this is a workaround for deprecated PHPUnit functions
+        set_error_handler(
+            static function ($errno, $errstr) {
+                restore_error_handler();
+                throw new RuntimeException($errstr, $errno);
+            },
+            E_USER_DEPRECATED
+        );
+
+        $this->expectException(RuntimeException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage(
+            '$ssl_protocol parameter is deprecated, use stream_context_set_option($context, \'ssl\', \'crypto_method\', $ssl_protocol) instead (see https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.stream-socket-enable-crypto.php for possible values)'
+        );
+
+        new AMQPStreamConnection(
+            host: HOST,
+            port: PORT,
+            user: USER,
+            password: PASS,
+            vhost: VHOST,
+            channel_rpc_timeout: 3.0,
+            ssl_protocol: 'test_ssl_protocol'
+        );
+    }
 }