diff --git a/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/FunctionLike/SimplifyUselessVariableRector.php b/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/FunctionLike/SimplifyUselessVariableRector.php
index 263d194d155..52f8172f319 100644
--- a/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/FunctionLike/SimplifyUselessVariableRector.php
+++ b/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/FunctionLike/SimplifyUselessVariableRector.php
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ public function refactor(Node $node): ?Node
                 return null;
             }
 
-            /** @var Expression<Assign|AssignOp> $previousStmt */
+            /** @var Assign|AssignOp $assign */
             $assign = $previousStmt->expr;
 
             return $this->processSimplifyUselessVariable($node, $stmt, $assign, $key);
diff --git a/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/If_/SimplifyIfElseToTernaryRector.php b/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/If_/SimplifyIfElseToTernaryRector.php
index 449af2cdc22..c3e4ae3aab7 100644
--- a/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/If_/SimplifyIfElseToTernaryRector.php
+++ b/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/If_/SimplifyIfElseToTernaryRector.php
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public function getNodeTypes(): array
     /**
      * @param If_ $node
      */
-    public function refactor(Node $node): ?Node
+    public function refactor(Node $node): ?Expression
     {
         if (! $node->else instanceof Else_) {
             return null;
diff --git a/src/PhpParser/NodeTraverser/AbstractImmutableNodeTraverser.php b/src/PhpParser/NodeTraverser/AbstractImmutableNodeTraverser.php
index 0aeea1d7918..a2a558b3666 100644
--- a/src/PhpParser/NodeTraverser/AbstractImmutableNodeTraverser.php
+++ b/src/PhpParser/NodeTraverser/AbstractImmutableNodeTraverser.php
@@ -13,26 +13,6 @@
 
 abstract class AbstractImmutableNodeTraverser implements NodeTraverserInterface
 {
-    /**
-     * @deprecated Use NodeVisitor::DONT_TRAVERSE_CHILDREN instead.
-     */
-    public const DONT_TRAVERSE_CHILDREN = NodeVisitor::DONT_TRAVERSE_CHILDREN;
-
-    /**
-     * @deprecated Use NodeVisitor::STOP_TRAVERSAL instead.
-     */
-    public const STOP_TRAVERSAL = NodeVisitor::STOP_TRAVERSAL;
-
-    /**
-     * @deprecated Use NodeVisitor::REMOVE_NODE instead.
-     */
-    public const REMOVE_NODE = NodeVisitor::REMOVE_NODE;
-
-    /**
-     * @deprecated Use NodeVisitor::DONT_TRAVERSE_CURRENT_AND_CHILDREN instead.
-     */
-    public const DONT_TRAVERSE_CURRENT_AND_CHILDREN = NodeVisitor::DONT_TRAVERSE_CURRENT_AND_CHILDREN;
-
     /**
      * @var list<NodeVisitor> Visitors
      */
@@ -131,13 +111,22 @@ protected function traverseNode(Node $node): void
             $traverseChildren = true;
             $visitorIndex = -1;
             $currentNodeVisitors = $this->getVisitorsForNode($subNode);
+
             foreach ($currentNodeVisitors as $visitorIndex => $visitor) {
                 $return = $visitor->enterNode($subNode);
                 if ($return !== null) {
                     if ($return instanceof Node) {
+
+                        $originalNodeClass = $subNode::class;
+
                         $this->ensureReplacementReasonable($subNode, $return);
                         $subNode = $return;
                         $node->{$name} = $return;
+
+                        if ($originalNodeClass !== $return::class) {
+                            $traverseChildren = false;
+                            break;
+                        }
                     } elseif ($return === NodeVisitor::DONT_TRAVERSE_CHILDREN) {
                         $traverseChildren = false;
                     } elseif ($return === NodeVisitor::DONT_TRAVERSE_CURRENT_AND_CHILDREN) {
@@ -210,12 +199,21 @@ protected function traverseArray(array $nodes): array
             $traverseChildren = true;
             $visitorIndex = -1;
             $currentNodeVisitors = $this->getVisitorsForNode($node);
+
             foreach ($currentNodeVisitors as $visitorIndex => $visitor) {
                 $return = $visitor->enterNode($node);
                 if ($return !== null) {
                     if ($return instanceof Node) {
                         $this->ensureReplacementReasonable($node, $return);
+
+                        // hos node type changed?
+                        $originalNodeCLass = $node::class;
                         $nodes[$i] = $node = $return;
+
+                        if ($originalNodeCLass !== $return::class) {
+                            $traverseChildren = false;
+                            break;
+                        }
                     } elseif (\is_array($return)) {
                         $doNodes[] = [$i, $return];
                         continue 2;
diff --git a/src/Rector/AbstractRector.php b/src/Rector/AbstractRector.php
index abcc15b6662..f8cca3bc0ba 100644
--- a/src/Rector/AbstractRector.php
+++ b/src/Rector/AbstractRector.php
@@ -128,9 +128,11 @@ public function beforeTraverse(array $nodes): ?array
      */
     final public function enterNode(Node $node): int|Node|null
     {
-        if (! $this->isMatchingNodeType($node)) {
-            return null;
-        }
+        // if previous Rector rule changed the node type, we have to skip it here
+        // as here we expect still the original type
+        //        if (! $this->isMatchingNodeType($node)) {
+        //            return null;
+        //}
 
         if (is_a($this, HTMLAverseRectorInterface::class, true) && $this->file->containsHTML()) {
             return null;
@@ -319,16 +321,4 @@ private function refreshScopeNodes(array | Node $node, string $filePath, ?Mutati
             $this->changedNodeScopeRefresher->refresh($node, $filePath, $mutatingScope);
         }
     }
-
-    private function isMatchingNodeType(Node $node): bool
-    {
-        $nodeClass = $node::class;
-        foreach ($this->getNodeTypes() as $nodeType) {
-            if (is_a($nodeClass, $nodeType, true)) {
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return false;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Issues/SimplifyVariableIfElseTernary/config/configured_rule.php b/tests/Issues/SimplifyVariableIfElseTernary/config/configured_rule.php
index a49cb9a6ad7..4b22f5d7fd3 100644
--- a/tests/Issues/SimplifyVariableIfElseTernary/config/configured_rule.php
+++ b/tests/Issues/SimplifyVariableIfElseTernary/config/configured_rule.php
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@
 use Rector\Config\RectorConfig;
 
 return RectorConfig::configure()
-    ->withRules(
-        [
-            SimplifyIfElseToTernaryRector::class,
-            SimplifyUselessVariableRector::class,
-            CompleteDynamicPropertiesRector::class,
-        ]
-    );
+    ->withRules([
+        SimplifyIfElseToTernaryRector::class,
+        SimplifyUselessVariableRector::class,
+        CompleteDynamicPropertiesRector::class,
+    ]);