diff --git a/tests/phpunit/wpmatomo/test-release.php b/tests/phpunit/wpmatomo/test-release.php
index bfa7b97b8..b895c5261 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/wpmatomo/test-release.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/wpmatomo/test-release.php
@@ -47,12 +47,14 @@ public function get_needed_files() {
 
 	public function test_latest_release_is_not_too_old() {
 		$url = 'https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.0/matomo.json';
+
+		// phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_get_contents_file_get_contents
 		$api_response = file_get_contents( $url );
 		$api_response = json_decode( $api_response, true );
 
-		$last_updated = strtotime( $api_response['last_updated'] );
-		$six_months_ago = (new DateTime('-6 months ago'))->getTimestamp();
+		$last_updated   = strtotime( $api_response['last_updated'] );
+		$six_months_ago = ( new DateTime( '-6 months ago' ) )->getTimestamp();
 
-		$this->assertLessThan($six_months_ago, $last_updated, "The last release of this plugins was over 6 months ago, another release is needed to show the plugin is not abandoned.");
+		$this->assertLessThan( $six_months_ago, $last_updated, 'The last release of this plugins was over 6 months ago, another release is needed to show the plugin is not abandoned.' );
 	}
 }