diff --git a/rules/AnnotationsToAttributes/Rector/Class_/CoversAnnotationWithValueToAttributeRector.php b/rules/AnnotationsToAttributes/Rector/Class_/CoversAnnotationWithValueToAttributeRector.php
index 1569cc15..25d79096 100644
--- a/rules/AnnotationsToAttributes/Rector/Class_/CoversAnnotationWithValueToAttributeRector.php
+++ b/rules/AnnotationsToAttributes/Rector/Class_/CoversAnnotationWithValueToAttributeRector.php
@@ -248,9 +248,10 @@ private function handleCovers(PhpDocInfo $phpDocInfo, bool $hasCoversDefault): a
                 }
 
                 $attributeGroups[$covers] = $attributeGroup;
+                $this->phpDocTagRemover->removeTagValueFromNode($phpDocInfo, $desiredTagValueNode);
+            } elseif ($hasCoversDefault && str_starts_with($covers, '::')) {
+                $this->phpDocTagRemover->removeTagValueFromNode($phpDocInfo, $desiredTagValueNode);
             }
-
-            $this->phpDocTagRemover->removeTagValueFromNode($phpDocInfo, $desiredTagValueNode);
         }
 
         return $attributeGroups;
@@ -304,6 +305,12 @@ private function removeMethodCoversAnnotations(ClassMethod $classMethod): bool
                 continue;
             }
 
+            if (str_contains($desiredTagValueNode->value->value, '::') && ! $this->reflectionProvider->hasClass(
+                self::COVERS_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE
+            )) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             $this->phpDocTagRemover->removeTagValueFromNode($phpDocInfo, $desiredTagValueNode);
             $hasChanged = true;
         }