diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php b/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
index f2710ea1..c484e08f 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class Html
             $newElement = $element;
         }
 
-        self::parseChildNodes($node, $newElement, $styles, $data);
+        static::parseChildNodes($node, $newElement, $styles, $data);
     }
 
     /**