diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 5ad1c5cc8322..84692253ea65 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
         "egulias/email-validator": "~1.2,>=1.2.8|~2.0",
         "symfony/phpunit-bridge": "^5.0.8",
         "symfony/security-acl": "~2.8|~3.0",
-        "phpdocumentor/reflection-docblock": "^3.0|^4.0",
+        "phpdocumentor/reflection-docblock": "^3.0|^4.0|^5.0",
         "twig/cssinliner-extra": "^2.12",
         "twig/inky-extra": "^2.12",
         "twig/markdown-extra": "^2.12"
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/Extractor/PhpDocExtractor.php b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/Extractor/PhpDocExtractor.php
index 0ae762bc0b6f..cbabce9eb6c2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/Extractor/PhpDocExtractor.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/Extractor/PhpDocExtractor.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 namespace Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\Extractor;
 
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock;
+use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\InvalidTag;
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlockFactory;
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlockFactoryInterface;
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\Types\Context;
@@ -88,10 +89,12 @@ public function getShortDescription($class, $property, array $context = []): ?st
         }
 
         foreach ($docBlock->getTagsByName('var') as $var) {
-            $varDescription = $var->getDescription()->render();
+            if ($var && !$var instanceof InvalidTag) {
+                $varDescription = $var->getDescription()->render();
 
-            if (!empty($varDescription)) {
-                return $varDescription;
+                if (!empty($varDescription)) {
+                    return $varDescription;
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -142,7 +145,7 @@ public function getTypes($class, $property, array $context = []): ?array
         $types = [];
         /** @var DocBlock\Tags\Var_|DocBlock\Tags\Return_|DocBlock\Tags\Param $tag */
         foreach ($docBlock->getTagsByName($tag) as $tag) {
-            if ($tag && null !== $tag->getType()) {
+            if ($tag && !$tag instanceof InvalidTag && null !== $tag->getType()) {
                 $types = array_merge($types, $this->phpDocTypeHelper->getTypes($tag->getType()));
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/Tests/Extractor/PhpDocExtractorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/Tests/Extractor/PhpDocExtractorTest.php
index 0d3c32206786..d352fa12b61f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/Tests/Extractor/PhpDocExtractorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/Tests/Extractor/PhpDocExtractorTest.php
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 namespace Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\Tests\Extractor;
 
+use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\StandardTagFactory;
+use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\InvalidTag;
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\Types\Collection;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\Extractor\PhpDocExtractor;
@@ -46,6 +48,26 @@ public function testParamTagTypeIsOmitted()
         $this->assertNull($this->extractor->getTypes(OmittedParamTagTypeDocBlock::class, 'omittedType'));
     }
 
+    public function invalidTypesProvider()
+    {
+        return [
+            'pub' => ['pub', null, null],
+            'stat' => ['stat', null, null],
+            'foo' => ['foo', $this->isPhpDocumentorV5() ? 'Foo.' : null, null],
+            'bar' => ['bar', $this->isPhpDocumentorV5() ? 'Bar.' : null, null],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider invalidTypesProvider
+     */
+    public function testInvalid($property, $shortDescription, $longDescription)
+    {
+        $this->assertNull($this->extractor->getTypes('Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\Tests\Fixtures\InvalidDummy', $property));
+        $this->assertSame($shortDescription, $this->extractor->getShortDescription('Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\Tests\Fixtures\InvalidDummy', $property));
+        $this->assertSame($longDescription, $this->extractor->getLongDescription('Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\Tests\Fixtures\InvalidDummy', $property));
+    }
+
     /**
      * @dataProvider typesWithNoPrefixesProvider
      */
@@ -94,7 +116,7 @@ public function typesProvider()
             ['donotexist', null, null, null],
             ['staticGetter', null, null, null],
             ['staticSetter', null, null, null],
-            ['emptyVar', null, null, null],
+            ['emptyVar', null, $this->isPhpDocumentorV5() ? 'This should not be removed.' : null, null],
         ];
     }
 
@@ -250,6 +272,16 @@ public function testDocBlockFallback($property, $types)
     {
         $this->assertEquals($types, $this->extractor->getTypes('Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\Tests\Fixtures\DockBlockFallback', $property));
     }
+
+    protected function isPhpDocumentorV5()
+    {
+        if (class_exists(InvalidTag::class)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return (new \ReflectionMethod(StandardTagFactory::class, 'create'))
+            ->hasReturnType();
+    }
 }
 
 class EmptyDocBlock
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/Tests/Fixtures/InvalidDummy.php b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/Tests/Fixtures/InvalidDummy.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0a4cc81f36be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/Tests/Fixtures/InvalidDummy.php
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\Tests\Fixtures;
+
+/**
+ * @author Martin Rademacher <mano@radebatz.net>
+ */
+class InvalidDummy
+{
+    /**
+     * @var
+     */
+    public $pub;
+
+    /**
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static function getStat()
+    {
+        return 'stat';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Foo.
+     *
+     * @param
+     */
+    public function setFoo($foo)
+    {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Bar.
+     *
+     * @return
+     */
+    public function getBar()
+    {
+        return 'bar';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/composer.json b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/composer.json
index fa24113005ea..f9f97e84a863 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/composer.json
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyInfo/composer.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         "symfony/serializer": "^3.4|^4.0|^5.0",
         "symfony/cache": "^3.4|^4.0|^5.0",
         "symfony/dependency-injection": "^3.4|^4.0|^5.0",
-        "phpdocumentor/reflection-docblock": "^3.0|^4.0",
+        "phpdocumentor/reflection-docblock": "^3.0|^4.0|^5.0",
         "doctrine/annotations": "~1.7"
     },
     "conflict": {