diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 130d9ef8da..162145fc9e 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         "doctrine/dbal": "^2.13.1 || ^3.2",
         "doctrine/doctrine-bundle": "^2.3",
         "doctrine/mongodb-odm": "^2.3",
-        "doctrine/orm": "^2.10.2",
+        "doctrine/orm": "^2.14.0",
         "friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer": "^3.4.0 <3.10",
         "nesbot/carbon": "^2.55",
         "phpstan/phpstan": "^1.10.2",
diff --git a/doc/annotations.md b/doc/annotations.md
index eef18f9d6e..49c9014aa9 100644
--- a/doc/annotations.md
+++ b/doc/annotations.md
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ $evm->addEventSubscriber($sortableListener);
 // mysql set names UTF-8 if required
 $evm->addEventSubscriber(new Doctrine\DBAL\Event\Listeners\MysqlSessionInit());
 // DBAL connection
-$connection = array(
+$driverParams = array(
     'driver' => 'pdo_mysql',
     'host' => '127.0.0.1',
     'dbname' => 'test',
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ $connection = array(
     'password' => ''
 );
 // Finally, create entity manager
-$em = Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager::create($connection, $config, $evm);
+$connection = DriverManager::getConnection($driverParams, $config);
+$em = new EntityManager($connection, $config, $evm);
 ```
 
 **Note:** that Symfony StofDoctrineExtensionsBundle does it automatically this
diff --git a/example/em.php b/example/em.php
index 3bc8863652..d0cf1bafda 100644
--- a/example/em.php
+++ b/example/em.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use Doctrine\Common\Annotations\AnnotationReader;
 use Doctrine\Common\Annotations\PsrCachedReader;
 use Doctrine\Common\EventManager;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\DriverManager;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Configuration;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\AnnotationDriver;
@@ -154,4 +155,5 @@
 $config->setResultCache($cache);
 
 // Finally, we create the entity manager
-return EntityManager::create($connection, $config, $eventManager);
+$connection = DriverManager::getConnection($connection, $config);
+$em = new EntityManager($connection, $config, $eventManager);
diff --git a/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/LoggableORMMappingTest.php b/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/LoggableORMMappingTest.php
index 1fce3b345e..e6ddb83c3b 100644
--- a/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/LoggableORMMappingTest.php
+++ b/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/LoggableORMMappingTest.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 use Doctrine\Common\Annotations\AnnotationReader;
 use Doctrine\Common\EventManager;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\DriverManager;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\AnnotationDriver;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\YamlDriver;
@@ -66,7 +67,8 @@ protected function setUp(): void
         $loggableListener = new LoggableListener();
         $loggableListener->setCacheItemPool($this->cache);
         $evm->addEventSubscriber($loggableListener);
-        $this->em = EntityManager::create($conn, $config, $evm);
+        $connection = DriverManager::getConnection($conn, $config);
+        $this->em = new EntityManager($connection, $config, $evm);
     }
 
     public function testLoggableMapping(): void
diff --git a/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/MappingEventSubscriberTest.php b/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/MappingEventSubscriberTest.php
index d3851ad8cf..32383397de 100644
--- a/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/MappingEventSubscriberTest.php
+++ b/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/MappingEventSubscriberTest.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 use Doctrine\Common\Annotations\AnnotationReader;
 use Doctrine\Common\EventManager;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\DriverManager;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\AnnotationDriver;
 use Doctrine\Persistence\Mapping\AbstractClassMetadataFactory;
@@ -44,7 +45,8 @@ protected function setUp(): void
             'memory' => true,
         ];
 
-        $this->em = EntityManager::create($conn, $config, new EventManager());
+        $connection = DriverManager::getConnection($conn, $config);
+        $this->em = new EntityManager($connection, $config, new EventManager());
     }
 
     public function testGetMetadataFactoryCacheFromDoctrineForSluggable(): void
diff --git a/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/MetadataFactory/CustomDriverTest.php b/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/MetadataFactory/CustomDriverTest.php
index ed864b4e07..d89b4d282d 100644
--- a/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/MetadataFactory/CustomDriverTest.php
+++ b/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/MetadataFactory/CustomDriverTest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 namespace Gedmo\Tests\Mapping\MetadataFactory;
 
 use Doctrine\Common\EventManager;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\DriverManager;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Configuration;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ protected function setUp(): void
         $this->timestampable = new TimestampableListener();
         $this->timestampable->setAnnotationReader($_ENV['annotation_reader']);
         $evm->addEventSubscriber($this->timestampable);
-        $this->em = EntityManager::create($conn, $config, $evm);
+        $connection = DriverManager::getConnection($conn, $config);
+        $this->em = new EntityManager($connection, $config, $evm);
 
         $schemaTool = new SchemaTool($this->em);
         $schemaTool->dropSchema([]);
diff --git a/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/MetadataFactory/ForcedMetadataTest.php b/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/MetadataFactory/ForcedMetadataTest.php
index 751792d153..543f3361f3 100644
--- a/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/MetadataFactory/ForcedMetadataTest.php
+++ b/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/MetadataFactory/ForcedMetadataTest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 namespace Gedmo\Tests\Mapping\MetadataFactory;
 
 use Doctrine\Common\EventManager;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\DriverManager;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Configuration;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
@@ -60,7 +61,8 @@ protected function setUp(): void
         $this->timestampable = new TimestampableListener();
         $this->timestampable->setAnnotationReader($_ENV['annotation_reader']);
         $evm->addEventSubscriber($this->timestampable);
-        $this->em = EntityManager::create($conn, $config, $evm);
+        $connection = DriverManager::getConnection($conn, $config);
+        $this->em = new EntityManager($connection, $config, $evm);
     }
 
     public function testShouldWork(): void
diff --git a/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/SluggableMappingTest.php b/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/SluggableMappingTest.php
index ffad7a04c0..4ee2a2faa2 100644
--- a/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/SluggableMappingTest.php
+++ b/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/SluggableMappingTest.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 use Doctrine\Common\Annotations\AnnotationReader;
 use Doctrine\Common\EventManager;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\DriverManager;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\AnnotationDriver;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\YamlDriver;
@@ -65,7 +66,8 @@ protected function setUp(): void
         $listener = new SluggableListener();
         $listener->setCacheItemPool($this->cache);
         $evm->addEventSubscriber($listener);
-        $this->em = EntityManager::create($conn, $config, $evm);
+        $connection = DriverManager::getConnection($conn, $config);
+        $this->em = new EntityManager($connection, $config, $evm);
     }
 
     public function testShouldBeAbleToMapSluggableUsingYamlDriver(): void
diff --git a/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/TimestampableMappingTest.php b/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/TimestampableMappingTest.php
index c05e3871ca..5be367328a 100644
--- a/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/TimestampableMappingTest.php
+++ b/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/TimestampableMappingTest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 namespace Gedmo\Tests\Mapping;
 
 use Doctrine\Common\EventManager;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\DriverManager;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\YamlDriver;
 use Doctrine\Persistence\Mapping\Driver\MappingDriverChain;
@@ -54,7 +55,8 @@ protected function setUp(): void
         $listener = new TimestampableListener();
         $listener->setCacheItemPool($this->cache);
         $evm->addEventSubscriber($listener);
-        $this->em = EntityManager::create($conn, $config, $evm);
+        $connection = DriverManager::getConnection($conn, $config);
+        $this->em = new EntityManager($connection, $config, $evm);
     }
 
     public function testYamlMapping(): void
diff --git a/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/TranslatableMappingTest.php b/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/TranslatableMappingTest.php
index 2d525893e7..4e4696c71d 100644
--- a/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/TranslatableMappingTest.php
+++ b/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/TranslatableMappingTest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 namespace Gedmo\Tests\Mapping;
 
 use Doctrine\Common\EventManager;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\DriverManager;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\YamlDriver;
@@ -62,7 +63,8 @@ protected function setUp(): void
         $this->translatableListener->setCacheItemPool($this->cache);
         $this->translatableListener->setTranslatableLocale('en_us');
         $evm->addEventSubscriber($this->translatableListener);
-        $this->em = EntityManager::create($conn, $config, $evm);
+        $connection = DriverManager::getConnection($conn, $config);
+        $this->em = new EntityManager($connection, $config, $evm);
     }
 
     public function testYamlMapping(): void
diff --git a/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/TreeMappingTest.php b/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/TreeMappingTest.php
index f5ea51c986..6a9d04260d 100644
--- a/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/TreeMappingTest.php
+++ b/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/TreeMappingTest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 namespace Gedmo\Tests\Mapping;
 
 use Doctrine\Common\EventManager;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\DriverManager;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\YamlDriver;
 use Doctrine\Persistence\Mapping\Driver\MappingDriverChain;
@@ -72,7 +73,8 @@ protected function setUp(): void
         $this->listener->setCacheItemPool($this->cache);
         $evm = new EventManager();
         $evm->addEventSubscriber($this->listener);
-        $this->em = EntityManager::create($conn, $config, $evm);
+        $connection = DriverManager::getConnection($conn, $config);
+        $this->em = new EntityManager($connection, $config, $evm);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Gedmo/Tool/BaseTestCaseOM.php b/tests/Gedmo/Tool/BaseTestCaseOM.php
index ed99401378..be0a9d22cf 100644
--- a/tests/Gedmo/Tool/BaseTestCaseOM.php
+++ b/tests/Gedmo/Tool/BaseTestCaseOM.php
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@
 namespace Gedmo\Tests\Tool;
 
 use Doctrine\Common\EventManager;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\DriverManager;
 use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Configuration;
 use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\DocumentManager;
 use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Mapping\Driver\AnnotationDriver as AnnotationDriverODM;
 use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Mapping\Driver\AttributeDriver;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityRepository;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ClassMetadataFactory;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\DefaultNamingStrategy;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\DefaultQuoteStrategy;
@@ -25,7 +27,6 @@
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\AttributeDriver as AttributeDriverORM;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Repository\DefaultRepositoryFactory as DefaultRepositoryFactoryORM;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Tools\SchemaTool;
-use Doctrine\Persistence\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
 use Doctrine\Persistence\Mapping\Driver\MappingDriver;
 use Gedmo\Loggable\LoggableListener;
 use Gedmo\Sluggable\SluggableListener;
@@ -128,7 +129,8 @@ protected function getDefaultMockSqliteEntityManager(array $fixtures, ?MappingDr
         ];
 
         $config = $this->getMockORMConfig($mappingDriver);
-        $em = EntityManager::create($conn, $config, $this->getEventManager());
+        $connection = DriverManager::getConnection($conn, $config);
+        $em = new EntityManager($connection, $config, $this->getEventManager());
 
         $schema = array_map(static function (string $class) use ($em): ClassMetadata {
             assert(class_exists($class));
diff --git a/tests/Gedmo/Tool/BaseTestCaseORM.php b/tests/Gedmo/Tool/BaseTestCaseORM.php
index a1d534b4d8..aef4a48ab6 100644
--- a/tests/Gedmo/Tool/BaseTestCaseORM.php
+++ b/tests/Gedmo/Tool/BaseTestCaseORM.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 use Doctrine\Common\EventManager;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\DriverManager;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Logging\Middleware;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Configuration;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
@@ -73,7 +74,8 @@ protected function getDefaultMockSqliteEntityManager(?EventManager $evm = null,
         ];
 
         $config = $config ?? $this->getDefaultConfiguration();
-        $em = EntityManager::create($conn, $config, $evm ?? $this->getEventManager());
+        $connection = DriverManager::getConnection($conn, $config);
+        $em = new EntityManager($connection, $config, $evm ?? $this->getEventManager());
 
         $schema = array_map(static function (string $class) use ($em): ClassMetadata {
             return $em->getClassMetadata($class);