diff --git a/Classes/PHPWord/Template.php b/Classes/PHPWord/Template.php
index 28c77868..425bd413 100755
--- a/Classes/PHPWord/Template.php
+++ b/Classes/PHPWord/Template.php
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ class PHPWord_Template
      * Applies XSL style sheet to template's parts
      *
      * @param DOMDocument &$xslDOMDocument
-     * @param array $xslOptions = []
+     * @param array $xslOptions = array()
      * @param string $xslOptionsURI = ''
      */
-    public function applyXslStyleSheet(&$xslDOMDocument, $xslOptions = [], $xslOptionsURI = '')
+    public function applyXslStyleSheet(&$xslDOMDocument, $xslOptions = array(), $xslOptionsURI = '')
     {
       $processor = new \XSLTProcessor();
 
diff --git a/Tests/PHPWord/TemplateTest.php b/Tests/PHPWord/TemplateTest.php
index 99d977b0..34ef6cb1 100644
--- a/Tests/PHPWord/TemplateTest.php
+++ b/Tests/PHPWord/TemplateTest.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class PHPWord_TemplateTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             array(\PHPWORD_TESTS_DIR_ROOT, '_files', 'xsl', 'passthrough.xsl'))
         );
 
-        $template->applyXslStyleSheet($xslDOMDocument, [1 => 'somevalue']);
+        $template->applyXslStyleSheet($xslDOMDocument, array(1 => 'somevalue'));
     }
 
     /**