diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
index a5a00bd..116f8a8 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ Please be sure you include all the relevant information in your issue so we can
 - [ ] a copy of your Models that use or extend this package (just the relevant parts!)
 - [ ] any other code we might need to help
 
+Please use a descriptive title for your issue.  "Why doesn't this work?" doesn't provide
+other users much information if they are scanning the list of issues.
+
 Also, *please* use [fenced code blocks](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-and-highlighting-code-blocks/)
 when pasting more than one line of code.  It makes it so much more readable for everyone!
 
diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 12f2e2b..5ee8771 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ Please make sure you've read [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/cviebrock/eloq
 before submitting your pull request, and that you have:
 
 - [ ] provided a rationale for your change (I try not to add features that are going to have a limited user-base)
-- [ ] used the [PSR-2 Coding Standard](https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-2-coding-style-guide.md)
+- [ ] checked your coding style with `composer run style:check`
+- [ ] analyzed your code with `composer run analyze`
 - [ ] added tests
+- [ ] confirm all old and new tests pass with `composer run tests`
 - [ ] documented any change in behaviour (e.g. updated the `README.md`, etc.)
 - [ ] only submitted one pull request per feature
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 69d1f1b..5606692 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -3,54 +3,60 @@ name: tests
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
- tests:
-  runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
-  services:
-    mysql:
-      image: mysql:8.0
-      env:
-        MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: yes
-        MYSQL_DATABASE: testing
-      ports:
-        - 3306
-      options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=5s --health-timeout=2s --health-retries=3
+    services:
+      mysql:
+        image: mysql:8.0
+        env:
+          MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: yes
+          MYSQL_DATABASE: testing
+        ports:
+          - 3306
+        options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=5s --health-timeout=2s --health-retries=3
 
-  strategy:
-    fail-fast: false
-    matrix:
-      php: [8.2, 8.3]
-      stability: [prefer-lowest, prefer-stable]
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        php:
+          - version: 8.2
+          - version: 8.3
+          - version: 8.4
+            env: PHP_CS_FIXER_IGNORE_ENV=1
+        stability: [prefer-lowest, prefer-stable]
 
-  name: PHP ${{ matrix.php }} - ${{ matrix.stability }}
+    name: PHP ${{ matrix.php.version }} - ${{ matrix.stability }}
 
-  steps:
-   - name: Checkout code
-     uses: actions/checkout@v3
-   - name: Setup PHP
-     uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
-     with:
-      php-version: ${{ matrix.php }}
-      tools: composer:v2, cs2pr
-      coverage: none
-   - name: Setup problem matchers for PHPUnit
-     run: echo "::add-matcher::${{ runner.tool_cache }}/phpunit.json"
-   - name: Get composer cache directory
-     id: composer-cache
-     run: echo "dir=$(composer config cache-files-dir)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-   - name: Cache dependencies
-     uses: actions/cache@v3
-     with:
-      path: ${{ steps.composer-cache.outputs.dir }}
-      key: dependencies-${{ matrix.php }}-${{ matrix.stability }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
-      restore-keys: dependencies-${{ matrix.php }}-${{ matrix.stability }}-composer-
-   - name: Install dependencies
-     run: composer update --${{ matrix.stability }} --prefer-dist --no-interaction
-   #      - name: Check coding style
-   #        run: php-cs-fixer fix --dry-run --allow-risky=true --format=checkstyle | cs2pr
-   - name: Configure matchers for PHPUnit
-     uses: mheap/phpunit-matcher-action@v1
-   - name: Run PHP tests via PHPUnit
-     run: vendor/bin/pest --teamcity
-     env:
-       DB_PORT: ${{ job.services.mysql.ports[3306] }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Setup PHP
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+        with:
+          php-version: ${{ matrix.php.version }}
+          tools: composer:v2, cs2pr
+          coverage: none
+      - name: Setup problem matchers for PHPUnit
+        run: echo "::add-matcher::${{ runner.tool_cache }}/phpunit.json"
+      - name: Get composer cache directory
+        id: composer-cache
+        run: echo "dir=$(composer config cache-files-dir)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: Cache dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ${{ steps.composer-cache.outputs.dir }}
+          key: dependencies-${{ matrix.php.version }}-${{ matrix.stability }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
+          restore-keys: dependencies-${{ matrix.php.version }}-${{ matrix.stability }}-composer-
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: composer update --${{ matrix.stability }} --prefer-dist --no-interaction
+      - name: Check coding style
+        run: ${{ matrix.php.env }} composer run style:check -- --format=checkstyle | cs2pr
+      - name: Check static analysis
+        run: composer run analyze -- --error-format=checkstyle | cs2pr
+      - name: Configure matchers for PHPUnit
+        uses: mheap/phpunit-matcher-action@v1
+      - name: Run PHP tests
+        run: composer run tests:ci
+        env:
+          DB_PORT: ${{ job.services.mysql.ports[3306] }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 33c7c64..38275f8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-/.php_cs.cache
-/.phpunit.result.cache
+/.idea
+/.php-cs-fixer.cache
+/.phpunit.cache
 /.vscode
 /build/
 /vendor/
 composer.lock
-composer.phar
-.phpunit.cache
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.php-cs-fixer.php b/.php-cs-fixer.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..befd181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.php-cs-fixer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?php
+
+use PhpCsFixer\Config;
+use PhpCsFixer\Finder;
+use PhpCsFixer\Runner\Parallel\ParallelConfigFactory;
+
+$finder = (new Finder())
+    ->in(__DIR__);
+
+return (new Config())
+    ->setParallelConfig(ParallelConfigFactory::detect())
+    ->setRules([
+        '@PhpCsFixer'      => true,
+        '@PHP84Migration'  => true,
+        'indentation_type' => true,
+
+        // Overrides for (opinionated) @PhpCsFixer and @Symfony rules:
+
+        // Align "=>" in multi-line array definitions, unless a blank line exists between elements
+        'binary_operator_spaces' => ['operators' => ['=>' => 'align_single_space_minimal']],
+
+        // Subset of statements that should be proceeded with blank line
+        'blank_line_before_statement' => ['statements' => ['case', 'continue', 'default', 'return', 'throw', 'try', 'yield', 'yield_from']],
+
+        // Enforce space around concatenation operator
+        'concat_space' => ['spacing' => 'one'],
+
+        // Use {} for empty loop bodies
+        'empty_loop_body' => ['style' => 'braces'],
+
+        // Don't change any increment/decrement styles
+        'increment_style' => false,
+
+        // Forbid multi-line whitespace before the closing semicolon
+        'multiline_whitespace_before_semicolons' => ['strategy' => 'no_multi_line'],
+
+        // Clean up PHPDocs, but leave @inheritDoc entries alone
+        'no_superfluous_phpdoc_tags' => ['allow_mixed' => true, 'remove_inheritdoc' => false],
+
+        // Ensure that traits are listed first in classes
+        // (it would be nice to enforce more, but we'll start simple)
+        'ordered_class_elements' => ['order' => ['use_trait']],
+
+        // Ensure that param and return types are sorted consistently, with null at end
+        'phpdoc_types_order' => ['sort_algorithm' => 'alpha', 'null_adjustment' => 'always_last'],
+
+        // Don't add @coversNothing annotations to tests
+        'php_unit_test_class_requires_covers' => false,
+
+        // Yoda style is too weird
+        'yoda_style' => false,
+    ])
+    ->setIndent('    ')
+    ->setLineEnding("\n")
+    ->setFinder($finder);
diff --git a/.php_cs.dist b/.php_cs.dist
deleted file mode 100644
index 6bc912d..0000000
--- a/.php_cs.dist
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-$finder = PhpCsFixer\Finder::create()
-    ->exclude('vendor')
-    ->in(__DIR__);
-
-return PhpCsFixer\Config::create()
-    ->setRules([
-        '@PSR2' => true,
-        '@PHP80Migration' => true,
-        'strict_param' => true,
-        'array_syntax' => ['syntax' => 'short'],
-    ])
-    ->setFinder($finder);
diff --git a/.semver b/.semver
index 5e666da..6adae90 100644
--- a/.semver
+++ b/.semver
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 :major: 11
 :minor: 0
-:patch: 1
+:patch: 2
 :special: ''
 :metadata: ''
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cd831dc..cc0e346 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 11.0.2 - 20-Dec-2024
+
+- Support PHP 8.4 (#148, thanks @tectiv3)
+- various other code style and analysis fixes 
+
+
 ## 11.0.1 - 06-Jun-2024
 
 - make return of `allTags()` consistent (#146, thanks @y1n0)
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 8faa509..926bc2d 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -27,8 +27,11 @@
         "illuminate/support": "^11.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
+        "friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer": "^3.65",
+        "larastan/larastan": "^3.0",
         "orchestra/testbench": "^9.0",
-        "pestphp/pest": "^2.28"
+        "pestphp/pest": "^2.28",
+        "phpstan/phpstan": "^2.0"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {
@@ -41,14 +44,20 @@
         }
     },
     "scripts": {
+        "analyze": "vendor/bin/phpstan analyze",
         "fresh": [
             "rm -rf vendor composer.lock",
             "composer install"
         ],
+        "style:check": "vendor/bin/php-cs-fixer check -v",
+        "style:fix": "vendor/bin/php-cs-fixer fix -v",
         "tests": [
             "rm -rf build",
             "XDEBUG_MODE=coverage php vendor/bin/pest"
         ],
+        "tests:ci": [
+            "vendor/bin/pest --teamcity"
+        ],
         "post-autoload-dump": [
             "@php ./vendor/bin/testbench package:discover --ansi"
         ]
diff --git a/phpstan.dist.neon b/phpstan.dist.neon
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2aeacd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpstan.dist.neon
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+includes:
+  - vendor/larastan/larastan/extension.neon
+
+parameters:
+  level: 1
+  paths:
+    - resources
+    - src
+    - tests
+  editorUrl: '%%relFile%%:%%line%%'
+  editorUrlTitle: '%%relFile%%:%%line%%'
diff --git a/src/Events/ModelTagged.php b/src/Events/ModelTagged.php
index ec54a68..225cfd5 100644
--- a/src/Events/ModelTagged.php
+++ b/src/Events/ModelTagged.php
@@ -43,14 +43,4 @@ public function __construct($model, $tags)
         $this->model = $model;
         $this->tags = $tags;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Get the channels the event should broadcast on.
-     *
-     * @return \Illuminate\Broadcasting\Channel|array
-     */
-    public function broadcastOn()
-    {
-
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Events/ModelUntagged.php b/src/Events/ModelUntagged.php
index 0e0d6a8..1782b3c 100644
--- a/src/Events/ModelUntagged.php
+++ b/src/Events/ModelUntagged.php
@@ -44,13 +44,4 @@ public function __construct($model, $tags)
         $this->tags = $tags;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Get the channels the event should broadcast on.
-     *
-     * @return \Illuminate\Broadcasting\Channel|array
-     */
-    public function broadcastOn()
-    {
-
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Models/Tag.php b/src/Models/Tag.php
index 53228c2..92d6788 100644
--- a/src/Models/Tag.php
+++ b/src/Models/Tag.php
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 
 /**
  * Class Tag
+ *
+ * @property int $tag_id
+ * @property string $name
+ * @property string $normalized
  */
 class Tag extends Model
 {
@@ -93,6 +97,8 @@ public function isRelation($key)
                 $this->setRelation($key, $results);
             });
         }
+
+        return false;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Services/TagService.php b/src/Services/TagService.php
index a1819f8..f5f9062 100644
--- a/src/Services/TagService.php
+++ b/src/Services/TagService.php
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public function normalize(string $string): string
      *
      * @param \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model|string|null $class
      *
-     * @return Collection
+     * @return Collection<Tag>
      */
     public function getAllTags($class = null): Collection
     {
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ public function getAllTagsArrayNormalized($class = null): array
     /**
      * Get all Tags that are unused by any model.
      *
-     * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection
+     * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection<Tag>
      */
     public function getAllUnusedTags(): Collection
     {
@@ -275,9 +275,9 @@ public function getAllUnusedTags(): Collection
      * @param \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model|string|null $class
      * @param int $minCount
      *
-     * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection
+     * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection<Tag>
      */
-    public function getPopularTags(int $limit = null, $class = null, int $minCount = 1): Collection
+    public function getPopularTags(?int $limit = null, Model|string|null $class = null, int $minCount = 1): Collection
     {
         $tagTable = $this->getQualifiedTagTableName();
         $pivotTable = $this->getQualifiedPivotTableName();
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ public function getPopularTags(int $limit = null, $class = null, int $minCount =
      *
      * @return int
      */
-    public function renameTags(string $oldName, string $newName, $class = null): int
+    public function renameTags(string $oldName, string $newName, Model|string|null $class = null): int
     {
         // If no class is specified, we can do the rename with a simple SQL update
         if ($class === null) {
@@ -377,11 +377,11 @@ private function getQualifiedTagTableName(): string
     /**
      * Get the qualified table name for the Tag model's pivot table.
      *
-     * @param string $class
+     * @param ?string $class
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    private function getQualifiedPivotTableName(string $class=null): string
+    private function getQualifiedPivotTableName(?string $class=null): string
     {
         /** @var \Cviebrock\EloquentTaggable\Taggable $instance */
         $instance = $class
diff --git a/tests/Configuration/ScopeExceptionTests.php b/tests/Configuration/ScopeExceptionTests.php
index 8170a96..a9220c5 100644
--- a/tests/Configuration/ScopeExceptionTests.php
+++ b/tests/Configuration/ScopeExceptionTests.php
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ public function testWithAllTagsEmpty()
     {
         $this->expectException(NoTagsSpecifiedException::class);
 
-        /** @var Collection $models */
         TestModel::withAllTags('')->get();
     }
 
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ public function testWithAnyTagsEmpty()
     {
         $this->expectException(NoTagsSpecifiedException::class);
 
-        /** @var Collection $models */
         TestModel::withAnyTags('')->get();
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/ConnectionTests.php b/tests/ConnectionTests.php
index 6311d0b..b9a6278 100644
--- a/tests/ConnectionTests.php
+++ b/tests/ConnectionTests.php
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ public function testPrefixWhenGettingAllTags(): void
         $popularTags = $this->service->getPopularTags(1);
         self::assertCount(1, $popularTags);
 
+        /** @var Tag $popularTag */
         $popularTag = $popularTags->first();
         self::assertEquals('Banana', $popularTag->name);
         self::assertEquals(2, $popularTag->taggable_count);
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ public function testPrefixWhenGettingAllTags(): void
         $unusedTags = $this->service->getAllUnusedTags();
         self::assertCount(1, $unusedTags);
 
+        /** @var Tag $unusedTag */
         $unusedTag = $unusedTags->first();
         self::assertEquals('Durian',$unusedTag->name);
 
diff --git a/tests/TestCase.php b/tests/TestCase.php
index fb51e3c..20d2454 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ public function setUp(): void
 
         $this->beforeApplicationDestroyed(static function() {
             (new \CreateTestModelsTable())->down();
+            /** @phpstan-ignore-next-line class.notFound */
             (new \CreateTaggableTable())->down();
         });
     }
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ protected function newDummy(array $data = ['title' => 'dummy']): TestDummy
     private function setUpDatabase(): void
     {
         include_once __DIR__.'/../resources/database/migrations/create_taggable_table.php.stub';
+        /** @phpstan-ignore-next-line class.notFound */
         (new \CreateTaggableTable())->up();
 
         include_once __DIR__.'/database/migrations/2013_11_04_163552_create_test_models_table.php';
diff --git a/tests/TestDummy.php b/tests/TestDummy.php
index 5919afe..d778aea 100644
--- a/tests/TestDummy.php
+++ b/tests/TestDummy.php
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 /**
  * Class TestDummy
+ *
+ * @property int $id
+ * @property string $title
  */
 class TestDummy extends Model
 {
diff --git a/tests/TestModel.php b/tests/TestModel.php
index c7a7d0b..25ecf12 100644
--- a/tests/TestModel.php
+++ b/tests/TestModel.php
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 
 /**
  * Class TestModel
+ *
+ * @property int $id
+ * @property string $title
  */
 class TestModel extends Model
 {