diff --git a/rules/AnnotationsToAttributes/Rector/Class_/CoversAnnotationWithValueToAttributeRector.php b/rules/AnnotationsToAttributes/Rector/Class_/CoversAnnotationWithValueToAttributeRector.php
index cba8516e8..aa1cd15f5 100644
--- a/rules/AnnotationsToAttributes/Rector/Class_/CoversAnnotationWithValueToAttributeRector.php
+++ b/rules/AnnotationsToAttributes/Rector/Class_/CoversAnnotationWithValueToAttributeRector.php
@@ -108,7 +108,13 @@ public function refactor(Node $node): ?Node
             return null;
         }
 
-        if (! $this->reflectionProvider->hasClass(self::COVERS_FUNCTION_ATTRIBUTE)) {
+        // avoid partial apply that may cause error
+        if (
+            ! $this->reflectionProvider->hasClass(self::COVERS_FUNCTION_ATTRIBUTE)
+            || ! $this->reflectionProvider->hasClass(self::COVERTS_CLASS_ATTRIBUTE)
+            || ! $this->reflectionProvider->hasClass(self::COVERTS_TRAIT_ATTRIBUTE)
+            || ! $this->reflectionProvider->hasClass(self::COVERS_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE)
+        ) {
             return null;
         }
 
@@ -140,10 +146,6 @@ private function createAttributeGroup(string $annotationValue): ?AttributeGroup
             $attributeValue = [trim($annotationValue, ':()')];
         } elseif (str_contains($annotationValue, '::')) {
             $attributeClass = self::COVERS_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE;
-            if (! $this->reflectionProvider->hasClass($attributeClass)) {
-                return null;
-            }
-
             $attributeValue = [$this->getClass($annotationValue) . '::class', $this->getMethod($annotationValue)];
         } else {
             $attributeClass = self::COVERTS_CLASS_ATTRIBUTE;
@@ -302,12 +304,6 @@ private function removeMethodCoversAnnotations(ClassMethod $classMethod): bool
                 continue;
             }
 
-            if (str_contains($desiredTagValueNode->value->value, '::') && ! $this->reflectionProvider->hasClass(
-                self::COVERS_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE
-            )) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
             $this->phpDocTagRemover->removeTagValueFromNode($phpDocInfo, $desiredTagValueNode);
             $hasChanged = true;
         }