diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a013ceb..4ca2b98 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -10,14 +10,25 @@ jobs:
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
         steps:
-            - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+            - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
             - uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
               with:
-                  php-version: 7.4
+                  php-version: 8.3
                   coverage: none
                   tools: composer:v2, cs2pr
 
+            -   name: Get composer cache directory
+                id: composer-cache
+                run: echo "dir=$(composer config cache-files-dir)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+            -   name: Cache composer dependencies
+                uses: actions/cache@v4
+                with:
+                    path: ${{ steps.composer-cache.outputs.dir }}
+                    key: ${{ runner.os }}-8.3-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
+                    restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-8.3-composer-
+
             - run: composer update --no-progress
 
             - run: vendor/bin/phpcs -q --report=checkstyle | cs2pr
@@ -29,11 +40,11 @@ jobs:
         strategy:
             fail-fast: false
             matrix:
-                php: ['7.4', '8.0', '8.1']
+                php: ['7.4', '8.0', '8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4']
                 stable: [true]
 
         steps:
-            - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+            - uses: actions/checkout@v4
               with:
                   fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -43,6 +54,17 @@ jobs:
                   coverage: pcov
                   tools: composer:v2
 
+            -   name: Get composer cache directory
+                id: composer-cache
+                run: echo "dir=$(composer config cache-files-dir)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+            -   name: Cache composer dependencies
+                uses: actions/cache@v4
+                with:
+                    path: ${{ steps.composer-cache.outputs.dir }}
+                    key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.php }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
+                    restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.php }}-composer-
+
             - run: echo "::add-matcher::${{ runner.tool_cache }}/phpunit.json"
 
             - run: composer update --no-progress
diff --git a/src/Client.php b/src/Client.php
index 79da936..6725789 100644
--- a/src/Client.php
+++ b/src/Client.php
@@ -341,17 +341,17 @@ protected function send(array $data, array $tags = []): void
         } catch (ConnectionException $e) {
             if ($this->throwConnectionExceptions) {
                 throw $e;
-            } else {
-                trigger_error(
-                    sprintf(
-                        'StatsD server connection failed (udp://%s:%d): %s',
-                        $this->host,
-                        $this->port,
-                        $e->getMessage()
-                    ),
-                    E_USER_WARNING
-                );
             }
+
+            trigger_error(
+                sprintf(
+                    'StatsD server connection failed (udp://%s:%d): %s',
+                    $this->host,
+                    $this->port,
+                    $e->getMessage()
+                ),
+                E_USER_WARNING
+            );
         }
     }
 }