diff --git a/rules/Php72/Rector/FuncCall/CreateFunctionToAnonymousFunctionRector.php b/rules/Php72/Rector/FuncCall/CreateFunctionToAnonymousFunctionRector.php
index 9f9a2bb5424..8059d591aa8 100644
--- a/rules/Php72/Rector/FuncCall/CreateFunctionToAnonymousFunctionRector.php
+++ b/rules/Php72/Rector/FuncCall/CreateFunctionToAnonymousFunctionRector.php
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ CODE_SAMPLE
     {
         $content = $this->inlineCodeParser->stringify($expr);
         $content = '<?php $value = function(' . $content . ') {};';
-        $nodes = $this->inlineCodeParser->parse($content);
+        $nodes = $this->inlineCodeParser->parseString($content);
         /** @var Expression $expression */
         $expression = $nodes[0];
         /** @var Assign $assign */
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ CODE_SAMPLE
             // special case of code elsewhere
             return [$this->createEval($expr)];
         }
-        $expr = $this->inlineCodeParser->stringify($expr);
-        return $this->inlineCodeParser->parse($expr);
+        $content = $this->inlineCodeParser->stringify($expr);
+        return $this->inlineCodeParser->parseString($content);
     }
     private function createEval(Expr $expr) : Expression
     {
diff --git a/src/Application/VersionResolver.php b/src/Application/VersionResolver.php
index 4b7403fddea..22522e84744 100644
--- a/src/Application/VersionResolver.php
+++ b/src/Application/VersionResolver.php
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ final class VersionResolver
      * @api
      * @var string
      */
-    public const PACKAGE_VERSION = '2d316449ada315992789eff3380e836adf997767';
+    public const PACKAGE_VERSION = 'f7caedf1b61070322bfb44bb266fbf26f8c993d3';
     /**
      * @api
      * @var string
      */
-    public const RELEASE_DATE = '2024-01-23 10:38:05';
+    public const RELEASE_DATE = '2024-01-23 10:38:52';
     /**
      * @var int
      */
diff --git a/src/PhpParser/Parser/InlineCodeParser.php b/src/PhpParser/Parser/InlineCodeParser.php
index 5f2da972c82..0e80251ad0c 100644
--- a/src/PhpParser/Parser/InlineCodeParser.php
+++ b/src/PhpParser/Parser/InlineCodeParser.php
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ final class InlineCodeParser
     }
     /**
      * @return Stmt[]
+     *
+     * @api
+     * @deprecated use parseFile() or parseString() instead
      */
     public function parse(string $content) : array
     {
@@ -80,10 +83,22 @@ final class InlineCodeParser
         if (\is_file($content)) {
             $content = FileSystem::read($content);
         }
-        // wrap code so php-parser can interpret it
-        $content = StringUtils::isMatch($content, self::OPEN_PHP_TAG_REGEX) ? $content : '<?php ' . $content;
-        $content = StringUtils::isMatch($content, self::ENDING_SEMI_COLON_REGEX) ? $content : $content . ';';
-        return $this->simplePhpParser->parseString($content);
+        return $this->parseCode($content);
+    }
+    /**
+     * @return Stmt[]
+     */
+    public function parseFile(string $fileName) : array
+    {
+        $fileContent = FileSystem::read($fileName);
+        return $this->parseCode($fileContent);
+    }
+    /**
+     * @return Stmt[]
+     */
+    public function parseString(string $fileContent) : array
+    {
+        return $this->parseCode($fileContent);
     }
     public function stringify(Expr $expr) : string
     {
@@ -105,6 +120,16 @@ final class InlineCodeParser
         }
         return $this->betterStandardPrinter->print($expr);
     }
+    /**
+     * @return Stmt[]
+     */
+    private function parseCode(string $code) : array
+    {
+        // wrap code so php-parser can interpret it
+        $code = StringUtils::isMatch($code, self::OPEN_PHP_TAG_REGEX) ? $code : '<?php ' . $code;
+        $code = StringUtils::isMatch($code, self::ENDING_SEMI_COLON_REGEX) ? $code : $code . ';';
+        return $this->simplePhpParser->parseString($code);
+    }
     private function resolveEncapsedValue(Encapsed $encapsed) : string
     {
         $value = '';