diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index df34d00..347bcee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ jobs:
             # add a specific job to test mysqldump from MariaDB
             mysql-client: "mariadb-client"
           - php-version: 8.2
-            symfony-version: "^7.1"
+            symfony-version: "^7.2"
           - php-version: 8.3
-            symfony-version: "^7.1"
+            symfony-version: "^7.2"
           - php-version: 8.4
-            symfony-version: "^7.1"
+            symfony-version: "^7.2"
 
     services:
       mariadb:
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 2b39a75..27b9b77 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         "symfony/yaml": "^5.4 || ^6.3 || ^7.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
-        "doctrine/data-fixtures": "^1.7",
+        "doctrine/data-fixtures": "^1.7 || ^2.0.1",
         "doctrine/doctrine-bundle": "^2.11",
         "doctrine/doctrine-fixtures-bundle": "^3.5.1 || ^4.0",
         "doctrine/mongodb-odm-bundle": "^4.4 || ^5.0",
diff --git a/tests/App/DataFixtures/ORM/LoadUserData.php b/tests/App/DataFixtures/ORM/LoadUserData.php
index 2670829..31fcd9e 100644
--- a/tests/App/DataFixtures/ORM/LoadUserData.php
+++ b/tests/App/DataFixtures/ORM/LoadUserData.php
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ public function load(ObjectManager $manager): void
 
         $manager->persist($user);
 
-        $this->addReference('user', $user);
-
-        $user = new User();
-        $user->setId(2);
-        $user->setName('bob bar');
-        $user->setEmail('bob@bar.com');
+        $user2 = new User();
+        $user2->setId(2);
+        $user2->setName('bob bar');
+        $user2->setEmail('bob@bar.com');
 
-        $manager->persist($user);
+        $manager->persist($user2);
         $manager->flush();
+
+        $this->addReference('user', $user);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/AppConfigMongodb/DataFixtures/MongoDB/LoadUserDataFixture.php b/tests/AppConfigMongodb/DataFixtures/MongoDB/LoadUserDataFixture.php
index a16dd1e..e23c4b3 100755
--- a/tests/AppConfigMongodb/DataFixtures/MongoDB/LoadUserDataFixture.php
+++ b/tests/AppConfigMongodb/DataFixtures/MongoDB/LoadUserDataFixture.php
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ public function load(ObjectManager $manager): void
 
         $manager->persist($user);
 
-        $this->addReference('user', $user);
-
         $user2 = new User();
         $user2->setName('alice bar');
         $user2->setEmail('alice@bar.com');
 
         $manager->persist($user2);
         $manager->flush();
+
+        $this->addReference('user', $user);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Test/ConfigMongodbTest.php b/tests/Test/ConfigMongodbTest.php
index a2a7a65..696b961 100755
--- a/tests/Test/ConfigMongodbTest.php
+++ b/tests/Test/ConfigMongodbTest.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
  * with this source code in the file LICENSE.
  */
 
+use Composer\InstalledVersions;
 use Doctrine\Bundle\MongoDBBundle\DoctrineMongoDBBundle;
 use Doctrine\Common\DataFixtures\Executor\MongoDBExecutor;
 use Doctrine\Common\DataFixtures\ProxyReferenceRepository;
@@ -61,6 +62,16 @@ protected function setUp(): void
             $this->markTestSkipped('Need doctrine/mongodb-odm-bundle package.');
         }
 
+        // `doctrine/data-fixtures:^2.0` and `doctrine/mongodb-odm-bundle:^4.4` are not compatible
+        if (class_exists(InstalledVersions::class)) {
+            $fixturesVersion = InstalledVersions::getVersion('doctrine/data-fixtures');
+            $bundleVersion = InstalledVersions::getVersion('doctrine/mongodb-odm-bundle');
+
+            if (null !== $fixturesVersion && null !== $bundleVersion && version_compare($fixturesVersion, '2.0', '>=') && version_compare($bundleVersion, '5.0', '<')) {
+                $this->markTestSkipped(sprintf('The installed versions of doctrine/data-fixtures (%s) and doctrine/mongodb-odm-bundle (%s) are not compatible.', $fixturesVersion, $bundleVersion));
+            }
+        }
+
         parent::setUp();
 
         self::bootKernel([
@@ -93,7 +104,7 @@ public function testLoadFixturesMongodb(): void
             $repository
         );
 
-        $user1 = $repository->getReference('user');
+        $user1 = $repository->getReference('user', User::class);
 
         $this->assertSame('foo bar', $user1->getName());
         $this->assertSame('foo@bar.com', $user1->getEmail());
diff --git a/tests/Test/ConfigMysqlTest.php b/tests/Test/ConfigMysqlTest.php
index 11bb2c0..ee4e1bc 100644
--- a/tests/Test/ConfigMysqlTest.php
+++ b/tests/Test/ConfigMysqlTest.php
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public function testLoadFixtures(): void
             $repository
         );
 
-        $user1 = $repository->getReference('user');
+        $user1 = $repository->getReference('user', User::class);
 
         $this->assertSame('foo bar', $user1->getName());
         $this->assertSame('foo@bar.com', $user1->getEmail());
diff --git a/tests/Test/ConfigSqliteTest.php b/tests/Test/ConfigSqliteTest.php
index 8f5b756..3837dca 100644
--- a/tests/Test/ConfigSqliteTest.php
+++ b/tests/Test/ConfigSqliteTest.php
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public function testLoadFixtures(): void
         );
 
         /** @var User $user1 */
-        $user1 = $repository->getReference('user');
+        $user1 = $repository->getReference('user', User::class);
 
         $this->assertSame(1, $user1->getId());
         $this->assertSame('foo bar', $user1->getName());