diff --git a/ChangeLog-9.4.md b/ChangeLog-9.4.md
index 7c9a5d01c44..97ed49423d4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog-9.4.md
+++ b/ChangeLog-9.4.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 All notable changes of the PHPUnit 9.4 release series are documented in this file using the [Keep a CHANGELOG](https://keepachangelog.com/) principles.
 
+## [9.4.2] - 2020-MM-DD
+
+### Changed
+
+* `PHPUnit\Framework\Assert::assertObjectEquals()` is now `static`
+
 ## [9.4.1] - 2020-10-11
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -20,5 +26,6 @@ All notable changes of the PHPUnit 9.4 release series are documented in this fil
 
 * The PHPUnit XML configuration generator (that is invoked using the `--generate-configuration` CLI option) now asks for a cache directory (default: `.phpunit.cache`)
 
+[9.4.2]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/9.4.1...9.4
 [9.4.1]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/9.4.0...9.4.1
 [9.4.0]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/9.3.11...9.4.0
diff --git a/src/Framework/Assert.php b/src/Framework/Assert.php
index b49553f95b8..2e78802964e 100644
--- a/src/Framework/Assert.php
+++ b/src/Framework/Assert.php
@@ -429,6 +429,18 @@ public static function assertNotEqualsWithDelta($expected, $actual, float $delta
         static::assertThat($actual, $constraint, $message);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @throws ExpectationFailedException
+     */
+    public static function assertObjectEquals(object $expected, object $actual, string $method = 'equals', string $message = ''): void
+    {
+        static::assertThat(
+            $actual,
+            static::objectEquals($expected, $method),
+            $message
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * Asserts that a variable is empty.
      *
@@ -2783,18 +2795,6 @@ public static function resetCount(): void
         self::$count = 0;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @throws ExpectationFailedException
-     */
-    public function assertObjectEquals(object $expected, object $actual, string $method = 'equals', string $message = ''): void
-    {
-        static::assertThat(
-            $actual,
-            static::objectEquals($expected, $method),
-            $message
-        );
-    }
-
     private static function detectLocationHint(string $message): ?array
     {
         $hint  = null;