diff --git a/src/Type/Php/JsonThrowOnErrorDynamicReturnTypeExtension.php b/src/Type/Php/JsonThrowOnErrorDynamicReturnTypeExtension.php
index be7c236364..a06e2b3370 100644
--- a/src/Type/Php/JsonThrowOnErrorDynamicReturnTypeExtension.php
+++ b/src/Type/Php/JsonThrowOnErrorDynamicReturnTypeExtension.php
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@
 use PHPStan\Type\ConstantScalarType;
 use PHPStan\Type\ConstantTypeHelper;
 use PHPStan\Type\DynamicFunctionReturnTypeExtension;
-use PHPStan\Type\ObjectType;
+use PHPStan\Type\ObjectWithoutClassType;
 use PHPStan\Type\Type;
 use PHPStan\Type\TypeCombinator;
-use stdClass;
 use function is_bool;
 use function json_decode;
 
@@ -76,18 +75,18 @@ public function getTypeFromFunctionCall(
 	private function narrowTypeForJsonDecode(FuncCall $funcCall, Scope $scope, Type $fallbackType): Type
 	{
 		$args = $funcCall->getArgs();
-		$isArrayWithoutStdClass = $this->isForceArrayWithoutStdClass($funcCall, $scope);
+		$isForceArray = $this->isForceArray($funcCall, $scope);
 		if (!isset($args[0])) {
 			return $fallbackType;
 		}
 
 		$firstValueType = $scope->getType($args[0]->value);
 		if ($firstValueType instanceof ConstantStringType) {
-			return $this->resolveConstantStringType($firstValueType, $isArrayWithoutStdClass);
+			return $this->resolveConstantStringType($firstValueType, $isForceArray);
 		}
 
-		if ($isArrayWithoutStdClass) {
-			return TypeCombinator::remove($fallbackType, new ObjectType(stdClass::class));
+		if ($isForceArray) {
+			return TypeCombinator::remove($fallbackType, new ObjectWithoutClassType());
 		}
 
 		return $fallbackType;
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ private function narrowTypeForJsonDecode(FuncCall $funcCall, Scope $scope, Type
 	/**
 	 * Is "json_decode(..., true)"?
 	 */
-	private function isForceArrayWithoutStdClass(FuncCall $funcCall, Scope $scope): bool
+	private function isForceArray(FuncCall $funcCall, Scope $scope): bool
 	{
 		$args = $funcCall->getArgs();
 		if (!isset($args[1])) {
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/data/json-decode/json_object_as_array.php b/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/data/json-decode/json_object_as_array.php
index cf8b093fae..517c0bcbf0 100644
--- a/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/data/json-decode/json_object_as_array.php
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/data/json-decode/json_object_as_array.php
@@ -7,19 +7,19 @@
 // @see https://3v4l.org/YFlHF
 function ($mixed) {
 	$value = json_decode($mixed, null, 512, JSON_OBJECT_AS_ARRAY);
-	assertType('mixed~stdClass', $value);
+	assertType('mixed~object', $value);
 };
 
 function ($mixed) {
 	$flagsAsVariable = JSON_OBJECT_AS_ARRAY;
 
 	$value = json_decode($mixed, null, 512, $flagsAsVariable);
-	assertType('mixed~stdClass', $value);
+	assertType('mixed~object', $value);
 };
 
 function ($mixed) {
 	$value = json_decode($mixed, null, 512, JSON_OBJECT_AS_ARRAY | JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING);
-	assertType('mixed~stdClass', $value);
+	assertType('mixed~object', $value);
 };
 
 function ($mixed) {
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/data/json-decode/narrow_type_with_force_array.php b/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/data/json-decode/narrow_type_with_force_array.php
index 479085c814..cb0917cdf0 100644
--- a/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/data/json-decode/narrow_type_with_force_array.php
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/data/json-decode/narrow_type_with_force_array.php
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@
 
 function ($mixed) {
 	$value = json_decode($mixed, true);
-	assertType('mixed~stdClass', $value);
+	assertType('mixed~object', $value);
 };