diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index f893ba7..a9804d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ github.actor != 'github-actions[bot]' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Validate composer.json and composer.lock
         run: composer validate --strict
 
       - name: Cache Composer packages
         id: composer-cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: vendor
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-php-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index db1e35c..84c97e7 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php": "^8.0.2",
+        "php": "^8.2.0",
         "illuminate/http": "^9.0|^10.0|^11.0",
         "illuminate/support": "^9.0|^10.0|^11.0",
         "illuminate/validation": "^9.0|^10.0|^11.0"
diff --git a/src/Concerns/UsesTransformer.php b/src/Concerns/UsesTransformer.php
index 2f88089..727f342 100644
--- a/src/Concerns/UsesTransformer.php
+++ b/src/Concerns/UsesTransformer.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 trait UsesTransformer
 {
     /**Return a new Transformer instance.*/
-    public function transformer($value = '', array $transformers = [], string|null $name = null): Transformer
+    public function transformer($value = '', array $transformers = [], ?string $name = null): Transformer
     {
         return new Transformer($value, $transformers, $name);
     }
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public function dataTransformer(array $data = [], array $functions = []): DataTr
     }
 
     /**Transform the given value.*/
-    public function transform($value = '', array $functions = [], string|null $name = null)
+    public function transform($value = '', array $functions = [], ?string $name = null)
     {
         return $this->transformer($value, $functions, $name)->transform();
     }
diff --git a/src/Transformer.php b/src/Transformer.php
index e12e2a4..3408db0 100644
--- a/src/Transformer.php
+++ b/src/Transformer.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class Transformer
     /**
      * Construct a new Transformer instance.
      */
-    public function __construct($value = '', array|string $functions = [], string $name = null)
+    public function __construct($value = '', array|string $functions = [], ?string $name = null)
     {
         $this->setValue($value);
         $this->setName($name);
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ protected function call($method, $value, array $args = [])
         //check if its a custom transformable class
         if ($function instanceof Transformable) {
             return $function->transform($value, $this->abortTransformationCallback());
-        // or a callback
+            // or a callback
         } elseif ($function instanceof Closure) {
             return $function($value, $this->abortTransformationCallback());
         }
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ protected function call($method, $value, array $args = [])
     }
 
     /**Set the name of the value/input being transformed.*/
-    protected function setName(null|string $name = null): static
+    protected function setName(?string $name = null): static
     {
         $this->name = $name;
 
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ protected function prepareArguments($value, $function, array $args = [])
         $parameters = array_merge($defaults, $args);
 
         foreach ($parameters as $index => $param) {
-            if(!is_string($param)){
+            if (! is_string($param)) {
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -211,10 +211,10 @@ protected function prepareArguments($value, $function, array $args = [])
                 break;
             }
             // allow params to be to be casted to a specific type
-            if(preg_match('/.+@(int|str|float|bool|array|object)/', $param, $matches)){
+            if (preg_match('/.+@(int|str|float|bool|array|object)/', $param, $matches)) {
                 $type = $matches[1];
                 $param = rtrim($param, "@$type");
-                $parameters[$index] = match($type){
+                $parameters[$index] = match ($type) {
                     'int' => (int) $param,
                     'str' => (string) $param,
                     'float' => (float) $param,
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ protected function prepareArguments($value, $function, array $args = [])
                 };
             }
 
-
         }
+
         return $parameters;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/TransformerServiceProvider.php b/src/TransformerServiceProvider.php
index 262e7c8..214f29e 100644
--- a/src/TransformerServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/TransformerServiceProvider.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class TransformerServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
 {
     public function boot()
     {
-        Request::macro('transform', function (array $input, array $transformers = null): array {
+        Request::macro('transform', function (array $input, ?array $transformers = null): array {
             $localTransformers = $transformers ?? $input;
             $input = is_null($transformers)
                 ? (method_exists($this, 'validated')
diff --git a/tests/Unit/TransformerTest.php b/tests/Unit/TransformerTest.php
index 600af33..ea0aa9e 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/TransformerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/TransformerTest.php
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ function ($value) {
     class Example
     {
         protected $value;
+
         public function __construct($value)
         {
             $this->value = $value;
@@ -73,9 +74,8 @@ public function __construct($value)
 
         public function concat($string)
         {
-            return $this->value . $string;
+            return $this->value.$string;
         }
-
     }
 
     function example($value)
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ function example($value)
     expect($formatter->transform())->toBe('foobar');
 });
 
-
 it('can cast arguments', function () {
 
     function example_two(int $value)
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ function example_two(int $value)
 
     $formatter = (new Transformer(1, [
         'trim',
-        'example_two:1@int'
+        'example_two:1@int',
     ]));
 
     expect($formatter->transform())->toBe(2);