diff --git a/ChangeLog-11.2.md b/ChangeLog-11.2.md
index a97c02ea31e..2ab7accca94 100644
--- a/ChangeLog-11.2.md
+++ b/ChangeLog-11.2.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 All notable changes of the PHPUnit 11.2 release series are documented in this file using the [Keep a CHANGELOG](https://keepachangelog.com/) principles.
 
+## [11.2.1] - 2024-MM-DD
+
+### Fixed
+
+* [#5859](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/5859): XML Configuration File Migrator does not remove `cacheDirectory` attribute from `<coverage>` element when migrating from PHPUnit 11.1 to PHPUnit 11.2
+
 ## [11.2.0] - 2024-06-07
 
 ### Added
@@ -14,4 +20,5 @@ All notable changes of the PHPUnit 11.2 release series are documented in this fi
 
 * [#5800](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/5800): Support for targeting traits with `#[CoversClass]` and `#[UsesClass]` attributes
 
+[11.2.1]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/11.2.0...11.2
 [11.2.0]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/11.1.3...11.2.0
diff --git a/src/TextUI/Configuration/Xml/Migration/MigrationBuilder.php b/src/TextUI/Configuration/Xml/Migration/MigrationBuilder.php
index bb0ed6df1c1..c11ce1d5825 100644
--- a/src/TextUI/Configuration/Xml/Migration/MigrationBuilder.php
+++ b/src/TextUI/Configuration/Xml/Migration/MigrationBuilder.php
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@
         '11.0' => [
             ReplaceRestrictDeprecationsWithIgnoreDeprecations::class,
         ],
+
+        '11.1' => [
+            RemoveCoverageElementCacheDirectoryAttribute::class,
+        ],
     ];
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/_files/XmlConfigurationMigration/input-5859.xml b/tests/_files/XmlConfigurationMigration/input-5859.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ee91318f785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/_files/XmlConfigurationMigration/input-5859.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<phpunit xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="https://schema.phpunit.de/11.2/phpunit.xsd">
+    <coverage cacheDirectory="var/.coverage-cache"/>
+</phpunit>
diff --git a/tests/_files/XmlConfigurationMigration/output-5859.xml b/tests/_files/XmlConfigurationMigration/output-5859.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..60ecbbc7fff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/_files/XmlConfigurationMigration/output-5859.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<phpunit xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="https://schema.phpunit.de/11.2/phpunit.xsd">
+    <coverage/>
+</phpunit>
diff --git a/tests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/Xml/MigratorTest.php b/tests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/Xml/MigratorTest.php
index b05e1e0bccd..f8ce7a25051 100644
--- a/tests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/Xml/MigratorTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/Xml/MigratorTest.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 namespace PHPUnit\TextUI\XmlConfiguration;
 
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\TestDox;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Ticket;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use PHPUnit\Util\Xml\Loader as XmlLoader;
 
@@ -40,4 +41,18 @@ public function testCanMigratePhpUnit95Configuration(): void
             ),
         );
     }
+
+    #[TestDox('Remove cacheDirectory attribute from <coverage> element when migrating from PHPUnit 11.1 to PHPUnit 11.2')]
+    #[Ticket('https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/5859')]
+    public function testIssue5859(): void
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            (new XmlLoader)->loadFile(__DIR__ . '/../../../../_files/XmlConfigurationMigration/output-5859.xml'),
+            (new XmlLoader)->load(
+                (new Migrator)->migrate(
+                    __DIR__ . '/../../../../_files/XmlConfigurationMigration/input-5859.xml',
+                ),
+            ),
+        );
+    }
 }