diff --git a/tests/app/TestKernel.php b/tests/app/TestKernel.php
index 38b7e03c..7589a6f1 100644
--- a/tests/app/TestKernel.php
+++ b/tests/app/TestKernel.php
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ public function registerContainerConfiguration(LoaderInterface $loader)
                     'resource' => __DIR__ . '/routing.yml',
                 ],
                 // turn this off - otherwise we need doctrine/annotation
-                'annotations' => false,
+                // the change that required this was in Symfony 3.2.0
+                'annotations' => Kernel::VERSION_ID >= 30200 ? false : [],
             ]);
 
             $container->loadFromExtension('knpu_oauth2_client', [