diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php b/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
index 54e9509e..be1ef742 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ class Html
         }
 
         // Load DOM
-        $orignalLibEntityLoader = libxml_disable_entity_loader(true);
+        if (\PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000) {
+            $orignalLibEntityLoader = libxml_disable_entity_loader(true);
+        }
         $dom = new \DOMDocument();
         $dom->preserveWhiteSpace = $preserveWhiteSpace;
         $dom->loadXML($html);
@@ -80,7 +82,9 @@ class Html
         $node = $dom->getElementsByTagName('body');
 
         self::parseNode($node->item(0), $element);
-        libxml_disable_entity_loader($orignalLibEntityLoader);
+        if (\PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000) {
+            libxml_disable_entity_loader($orignalLibEntityLoader);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php b/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
index 7efc0f1a..8aadb8c5 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
@@ -170,7 +170,9 @@ class TemplateProcessor
      */
     protected function transformSingleXml($xml, $xsltProcessor)
     {
-        $orignalLibEntityLoader = libxml_disable_entity_loader(true);
+        if (\PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000) {
+            $orignalLibEntityLoader = libxml_disable_entity_loader(true);
+        }
         $domDocument = new \DOMDocument();
         if (false === $domDocument->loadXML($xml)) {
             throw new Exception('Could not load the given XML document.');
@@ -180,7 +182,9 @@ class TemplateProcessor
         if (false === $transformedXml) {
             throw new Exception('Could not transform the given XML document.');
         }
-        libxml_disable_entity_loader($orignalLibEntityLoader);
+        if (\PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000) {
+            libxml_disable_entity_loader($orignalLibEntityLoader);
+        }
 
         return $transformedXml;
     }