diff --git a/src/Blue32a/ruleset.xml b/src/Blue32a/ruleset.xml
index 5550ab9..c68123f 100644
--- a/src/Blue32a/ruleset.xml
+++ b/src/Blue32a/ruleset.xml
@@ -340,9 +340,10 @@
     <!-- Require presence of declare(strict_types=1) -->
     <rule ref="SlevomatCodingStandard.TypeHints.DeclareStrictTypes">
         <properties>
-            <property name="newlinesCountBetweenOpenTagAndDeclare" value="2"/>
+            <property name="declareOnFirstLine" value="false"/>
+            <property name="linesCountBeforeDeclare" value="1"/>
+            <property name="linesCountAfterDeclare" value="1"/>
             <property name="spacesCountAroundEqualsSign" value="0"/>
-            <property name="newlinesCountAfterDeclare" value="2"/>
         </properties>
     </rule>
     <!-- Require use of short versions of scalar types (i.e. int instead of integer) -->