diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 336eb3b4331..4e2980908b1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
     (nielsdos)
   . Fix #77894 (DOMNode::C14N() very slow on generated DOMDocuments even after
     normalisation). (nielsdos)
+  . Revert changes to DOMAttr::$value and DOMAttr::$nodeValue expansion.
+    (nielsdos)
 
 - GD:
   . Removed imagerotate "ignore_transparent" argument since it has no effect.
diff --git a/UPGRADING b/UPGRADING
index a9de43fc0ca..5d06a74ce4b 100644
--- a/UPGRADING
+++ b/UPGRADING
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ PHP 8.3 UPGRADE NOTES
   . Static variable initializers can now contain arbitrary expressions.
     RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/arbitrary_static_variable_initializers
 
-- DOM:
-  . Assignment to DOMAttr::$value and DOMAttr::$nodeValue no longer expands
-    entities in the new value.
-
 - FFI:
   . C functions that have a return type of void now return null instead of
     returning the following object object(FFI\CData:void) { }
diff --git a/ext/dom/attr.c b/ext/dom/attr.c
index 417f92a25c3..0a558a76642 100644
--- a/ext/dom/attr.c
+++ b/ext/dom/attr.c
@@ -148,8 +148,7 @@ int dom_attr_value_write(dom_object *obj, zval *newval)
 	}
 
 	dom_remove_all_children((xmlNodePtr) attrp);
-	xmlNodePtr node = xmlNewTextLen((xmlChar *) ZSTR_VAL(str), ZSTR_LEN(str));
-	xmlAddChild((xmlNodePtr) attrp, node);
+	xmlNodeSetContentLen((xmlNodePtr) attrp, (xmlChar *) ZSTR_VAL(str), ZSTR_LEN(str));
 
 	zend_string_release_ex(str, 0);
 	return SUCCESS;
diff --git a/ext/dom/node.c b/ext/dom/node.c
index 29262f85791..7fb45efc3af 100644
--- a/ext/dom/node.c
+++ b/ext/dom/node.c
@@ -178,9 +178,6 @@ int dom_node_node_value_write(dom_object *obj, zval *newval)
 	/* Access to Element node is implemented as a convenience method */
 	switch (nodep->type) {
 		case XML_ATTRIBUTE_NODE:
-			dom_remove_all_children(nodep);
-			xmlAddChild(nodep, xmlNewTextLen((xmlChar *) ZSTR_VAL(str), ZSTR_LEN(str)));
-			break;
 		case XML_ELEMENT_NODE:
 			dom_remove_all_children(nodep);
 			ZEND_FALLTHROUGH;
diff --git a/ext/dom/tests/DOMAttr_entity_expansion.phpt b/ext/dom/tests/DOMAttr_entity_expansion.phpt
deleted file mode 100644
index e3482d1a9d7..00000000000
--- a/ext/dom/tests/DOMAttr_entity_expansion.phpt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
---TEST--
-DOMAttr entity expansion
---EXTENSIONS--
-dom
---FILE--
-<?php
-$doc = new DOMDocument;
-$elt = $doc->createElement('elt');
-$doc->appendChild($elt);
-$elt->setAttribute('a','&');
-print $doc->saveXML($elt) . "\n";
-
-$attr = $elt->getAttributeNode('a');
-$attr->value = '&amp;';
-print "$attr->value\n";
-print $doc->saveXML($elt) . "\n";
-
-$attr->removeChild($attr->firstChild);
-print $doc->saveXML($elt) . "\n";
-
-$attr->nodeValue = '&';
-print "$attr->nodeValue\n";
-print $doc->saveXML($elt) . "\n";
-
-$attr->nodeValue = '&amp;';
-print "$attr->nodeValue\n";
-print $doc->saveXML($elt) . "\n";
-
-$elt->removeAttributeNode($attr);
-$elt->setAttributeNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', 'svg:id','&amp;');
-print $doc->saveXML($elt) . "\n";
-
-$attr = $elt->getAttributeNodeNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', 'id');
-$attr->value = '&lt;&amp;';
-print "$attr->value\n";
-print $doc->saveXML($elt) . "\n";
-
-$node = new DOMAttr('foo','bar');
-$node->nodeValue = 'xx&#x31;yy';
-print "$node->nodeValue\n";
-?>
---EXPECT--
-<elt a="&amp;"/>
-&amp;
-<elt a="&amp;amp;"/>
-<elt a=""/>
-&
-<elt a="&amp;"/>
-&amp;
-<elt a="&amp;amp;"/>
-<elt xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" svg:id="&amp;amp;"/>
-&lt;&amp;
-<elt xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" svg:id="&amp;lt;&amp;amp;"/>
-xx&#x31;yy