diff --git a/rules-tests/PHPUnit120/Rector/ClassMethod/ExpressionCreateMockToCreateStubRector/Fixture/skip_used_as_next_arg_mockobject_type.php.inc b/rules-tests/PHPUnit120/Rector/ClassMethod/ExpressionCreateMockToCreateStubRector/Fixture/skip_used_as_next_arg_mockobject_type.php.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db78935b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules-tests/PHPUnit120/Rector/ClassMethod/ExpressionCreateMockToCreateStubRector/Fixture/skip_used_as_next_arg_mockobject_type.php.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\PHPUnit\Tests\PHPUnit120\Rector\ClassMethod\ExpressionCreateMockToCreateStubRector\Fixture;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Rector\PHPUnit\Tests\PHPUnit120\Rector\ClassMethod\ExpressionCreateMockToCreateStubRector\Source\ClassWithDependency;
+
+final class SkipUsedAsNextArgMockObjectType extends TestCase
+{
+    public function test()
+    {
+        $mock = $this->createMock(ClassWithDependency::class);
+        $this->configureMock($mock);
+    }
+
+    private function configureMock(\PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject $mock)
+    {
+        $mock->method('someMethod')->willReturn(1);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rules-tests/PHPUnit120/Rector/ClassMethod/ExpressionCreateMockToCreateStubRector/Fixture/skip_used_as_next_arg_mockobject_type_named.php.inc b/rules-tests/PHPUnit120/Rector/ClassMethod/ExpressionCreateMockToCreateStubRector/Fixture/skip_used_as_next_arg_mockobject_type_named.php.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a3cd3c63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules-tests/PHPUnit120/Rector/ClassMethod/ExpressionCreateMockToCreateStubRector/Fixture/skip_used_as_next_arg_mockobject_type_named.php.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\PHPUnit\Tests\PHPUnit120\Rector\ClassMethod\ExpressionCreateMockToCreateStubRector\Fixture;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Rector\PHPUnit\Tests\PHPUnit120\Rector\ClassMethod\ExpressionCreateMockToCreateStubRector\Source\ClassWithDependency;
+
+final class SkipUsedAsNextArgMockObjectTypeNamed extends TestCase
+{
+    public function test()
+    {
+        $mock = $this->createMock(ClassWithDependency::class);
+        $this->configureMock(mock: $mock, otherParam: 1);
+    }
+
+    private function configureMock($otherParam, \PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject $mock)
+    {
+        $mock->method('someMethod')->willReturn(1);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rules/AnnotationsToAttributes/Rector/ClassMethod/TestWithAnnotationToAttributeRector.php b/rules/AnnotationsToAttributes/Rector/ClassMethod/TestWithAnnotationToAttributeRector.php
index 30f59c69..763cfda7 100644
--- a/rules/AnnotationsToAttributes/Rector/ClassMethod/TestWithAnnotationToAttributeRector.php
+++ b/rules/AnnotationsToAttributes/Rector/ClassMethod/TestWithAnnotationToAttributeRector.php
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ public function refactor(Node $node): ?Node
             // test from doc blocks
             $this->phpDocTagRemover->removeTagValueFromNode($phpDocInfo, $testWithPhpDocTagNode);
 
-            /** @var GenericTagValueNode $genericTagValueNode */
             $genericTagValueNode = $testWithPhpDocTagNode->value;
             $testWithItems = explode("\n", trim($genericTagValueNode->value));
 
diff --git a/rules/CodeQuality/NodeAnalyser/MockObjectExprDetector.php b/rules/CodeQuality/NodeAnalyser/MockObjectExprDetector.php
index 5bd81179..88573763 100644
--- a/rules/CodeQuality/NodeAnalyser/MockObjectExprDetector.php
+++ b/rules/CodeQuality/NodeAnalyser/MockObjectExprDetector.php
@@ -8,11 +8,16 @@
 use PhpParser\Node\Expr\MethodCall;
 use PhpParser\Node\Expr\PropertyFetch;
 use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable;
+use PhpParser\Node\Identifier;
 use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Class_;
 use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\ClassMethod;
+use PHPStan\Reflection\MethodReflection;
+use PHPStan\Type\ObjectType;
 use Rector\NodeNameResolver\NodeNameResolver;
 use Rector\PhpParser\Node\BetterNodeFinder;
 use Rector\PHPUnit\CodeQuality\NodeFinder\VariableFinder;
+use Rector\PHPUnit\Enum\PHPUnitClassName;
+use Rector\Reflection\ReflectionResolver;
 
 final readonly class MockObjectExprDetector
 {
@@ -20,6 +25,7 @@ public function __construct(
         private BetterNodeFinder $betterNodeFinder,
         private NodeNameResolver $nodeNameResolver,
         private VariableFinder $variableFinder,
+        private ReflectionResolver $reflectionResolver,
     ) {
     }
 
@@ -67,6 +73,8 @@ public function isUsedForMocking(Expr $expr, ClassMethod $classMethod): bool
         /** @var array<Expr\MethodCall> $methodCalls */
         $methodCalls = $this->betterNodeFinder->findInstancesOfScoped((array) $classMethod->stmts, [MethodCall::class]);
 
+        $mockObjectType = new ObjectType(PHPUnitClassName::MOCK_OBJECT);
+
         foreach ($methodCalls as $methodCall) {
             if (! $methodCall->var instanceof Variable) {
                 continue;
@@ -76,6 +84,47 @@ public function isUsedForMocking(Expr $expr, ClassMethod $classMethod): bool
                 // variable is being called on, most like mocking, lets skip
                 return true;
             }
+
+            if ($methodCall->isFirstClassCallable()) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // check if variable is passed as arg to a method that declares MockObject type parameter
+            foreach ($methodCall->getArgs() as $argIndex => $arg) {
+                if (! $arg->value instanceof Variable) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if (! $this->nodeNameResolver->isName($arg->value, $variableName)) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                $methodReflection = $this->reflectionResolver->resolveMethodReflectionFromMethodCall($methodCall);
+                if (! $methodReflection instanceof MethodReflection) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                $variants = $methodReflection->getVariants();
+                foreach ($variants as $variant) {
+                    $parameters = $variant->getParameters();
+                    foreach ($parameters as $parameter) {
+                        $paramType = $parameter->getType();
+                        if ($arg->name instanceof Identifier
+                            && $this->nodeNameResolver->isName($arg->name, $parameter->getName())
+                            && $mockObjectType->isSuperTypeOf($paramType)
+                                ->yes()) {
+                            return true;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    if (isset($parameters[$argIndex])) {
+                        $paramType = $parameters[$argIndex]->getType();
+                        if ($mockObjectType->isSuperTypeOf($paramType)->yes()) {
+                            return true;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         return false;
diff --git a/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/AddSeeTestAnnotationRector.php b/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/AddSeeTestAnnotationRector.php
index 2e8708b6..43306e35 100644
--- a/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/AddSeeTestAnnotationRector.php
+++ b/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/Class_/AddSeeTestAnnotationRector.php
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ private function shouldSkipClass(Class_ $class): bool
                 continue;
             }
 
-            /** @var GenericTagValueNode $genericTagValueNode */
             $genericTagValueNode = $seePhpDocTagNode->value;
 
             $seeTagClass = ltrim($genericTagValueNode->value, '\\');
diff --git a/rules/PHPUnit120/Rector/ClassMethod/ExpressionCreateMockToCreateStubRector.php b/rules/PHPUnit120/Rector/ClassMethod/ExpressionCreateMockToCreateStubRector.php
index 5c1df1b1..acf54efc 100644
--- a/rules/PHPUnit120/Rector/ClassMethod/ExpressionCreateMockToCreateStubRector.php
+++ b/rules/PHPUnit120/Rector/ClassMethod/ExpressionCreateMockToCreateStubRector.php
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ public function refactor(Node $node): ?ClassMethod
                 continue;
             }
 
-            /** @var Assign $assign */
             $assign = $stmt->expr;
 
             if (! $assign->var instanceof Variable) {