diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_scoped_rector.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_scoped_rector.yaml
index e8f9707e7a4..80c0b2e4ade 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_scoped_rector.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_scoped_rector.yaml
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ jobs:
             # to remove dev dependencies
             -   run: composer install --no-dev --ansi
 
-            # early downgrade individual functions
-            -   run: bin/rector process src/functions/node_helper.php -c build/config/config-downgrade.php --ansi
+            # early downgrade individual functions and the autoloaded RuleDoc classes, so the class-alias
+            # bootstrap can load them under the PHP 7.4 lint step without a parse error
+            -   run: bin/rector process src/functions/node_helper.php src/RuleDoc -c build/config/config-downgrade.php --ansi
 
             # 1. copy files to $NESTED_DIRECTORY directory Exclude the scoped/nested directories to prevent rsync from copying in a loop
             -  run: rsync --exclude rector-build -av * rector-build --quiet