diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index ced5568255..c1e087e943 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
   - The PHP 8.0 T_NULLSAFE_OBJECT_OPERATOR token has been made available for older versions
     -- Existing sniffs that check for T_OBJECT_OPERATOR have been modified to apply the same rules for the nullsafe object operator
     -- Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
+  - The new method of PHP 8.0 tokenizing for namespaced names has been revert to thr pre 8.0 method
+    -- This maintains backwards compatible for existing sniffs on PHP 8.0
+    -- This change will be removed in PHPCS 4.0 as the PHP 8.0 tokenizing method will be backported for pre 8.0 versions
+    -- Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
   - Added support for changes to the way PHP 8.0 tokenizes hash comments
     -- The existing PHP 5-7 behaviour has been replicated for version 8, so no sniff changes are required
     -- Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch