diff --git a/config/sets/phpunit-code-quality.php b/config/sets/phpunit-code-quality.php
index 7cc0e0ff..bbbc7ad9 100644
--- a/config/sets/phpunit-code-quality.php
+++ b/config/sets/phpunit-code-quality.php
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
         NarrowUnusedSetUpDefinedPropertyRector::class,
 
         // specific asserts
+
         AssertCompareOnCountableWithMethodToAssertCountRector::class,
         AssertComparisonToSpecificMethodRector::class,
         AssertNotOperatorRector::class,
diff --git a/rector.php b/rector.php
index be43a2aa..f2330fe9 100644
--- a/rector.php
+++ b/rector.php
@@ -23,14 +23,13 @@
 
         // object types
         StringClassNameToClassConstantRector::class => [
-            __DIR__ . '/src/Rector/Class_/TestListenerToHooksRector.php',
             __DIR__ . '/src/NodeAnalyzer/TestsNodeAnalyzer.php',
             __DIR__ . '/config',
             __DIR__ . '/src/NodeFinder/DataProviderClassMethodFinder.php',
         ],
     ])
     ->withPhpSets()
-    ->withAttributesSets(all: true)
+    ->withAttributesSets()
     ->withPreparedSets(
         deadCode: true,
         codeQuality: true,
diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRectorTest.php b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRectorTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ced987f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRectorTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Rector\PHPUnit\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector;
+
+use Iterator;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
+use Rector\Testing\PHPUnit\AbstractRectorTestCase;
+
+final class AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRectorTest extends AbstractRectorTestCase
+{
+    #[DataProvider('provideData')]
+    public function test(string $filePath): void
+    {
+        $this->doTestFile($filePath);
+    }
+
+    public static function provideData(): Iterator
+    {
+        return self::yieldFilesFromDirectory(__DIR__ . '/Fixture');
+    }
+
+    public function provideConfigFilePath(): string
+    {
+        return __DIR__ . '/config/configured_rule.php';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector/Fixture/assert_bool_in_test.php.inc b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector/Fixture/assert_bool_in_test.php.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4934922e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector/Fixture/assert_bool_in_test.php.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\PHPUnit\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector\Fixture;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+final class AssertBoolInTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function some($response)
+    {
+        assert((bool) $response);
+    }
+}
+
+?>
+-----
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\PHPUnit\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector\Fixture;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+final class AssertBoolInTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function some($response)
+    {
+        $this->assertTrue((bool) $response);
+    }
+}
+
+?>
diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector/Fixture/assert_compare_context.php.inc b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector/Fixture/assert_compare_context.php.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c58b5144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector/Fixture/assert_compare_context.php.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\PHPUnit\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector\Fixture;
+
+final class AssertCompareContext
+{
+    public function some($response)
+    {
+        assert($response == 2.5);
+        assert($response === 'yes');
+    }
+}
+
+?>
+-----
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\PHPUnit\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector\Fixture;
+
+final class AssertCompareContext
+{
+    public function some($response)
+    {
+        \PHPUnit\Framework\Assert::assertEquals(2.5, $response);
+        \PHPUnit\Framework\Assert::assertSame('yes', $response);
+    }
+}
+
+?>
diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector/Fixture/assert_null_compare_context.php.inc b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector/Fixture/assert_null_compare_context.php.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2c34965
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector/Fixture/assert_null_compare_context.php.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\PHPUnit\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector\Fixture;
+
+final class AssertNullCompareContext
+{
+    public function some($response)
+    {
+        assert($response !== null);
+    }
+}
+
+?>
+-----
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\PHPUnit\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector\Fixture;
+
+final class AssertNullCompareContext
+{
+    public function some($response)
+    {
+        \PHPUnit\Framework\Assert::assertNotNull($response);
+    }
+}
+
+?>
diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector/Fixture/method_exists_context.php.inc b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector/Fixture/method_exists_context.php.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59edebfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector/Fixture/method_exists_context.php.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\PHPUnit\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector\Fixture;
+
+final class MethodExistsContext
+{
+    public function some($response)
+    {
+        assert(method_exists($response, 'some_method'));
+    }
+}
+
+?>
+-----
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\PHPUnit\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector\Fixture;
+
+final class MethodExistsContext
+{
+    public function some($response)
+    {
+        \PHPUnit\Framework\Assert::assertTrue(method_exists($response, 'some_method'));
+    }
+}
+
+?>
diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector/Fixture/simple_context.php.inc b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector/Fixture/simple_context.php.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c16d485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector/Fixture/simple_context.php.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\PHPUnit\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector\Fixture;
+
+final class SimpleContext
+{
+    public function some($response)
+    {
+        assert($response instanceof \DateTime);
+
+        assert($response instanceof \DateTimeInterface, 'extra message');
+    }
+}
+
+?>
+-----
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\PHPUnit\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector\Fixture;
+
+final class SimpleContext
+{
+    public function some($response)
+    {
+        \PHPUnit\Framework\Assert::assertInstanceOf(\DateTime::class, $response);
+
+        \PHPUnit\Framework\Assert::assertInstanceOf(\DateTimeInterface::class, $response, 'extra message');
+    }
+}
+
+?>
diff --git a/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector/config/configured_rule.php b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector/config/configured_rule.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b128ff36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules-tests/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector/config/configured_rule.php
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use Rector\Config\RectorConfig;
+use Rector\PHPUnit\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector;
+
+return RectorConfig::configure()
+    ->withRules([AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector::class]);
diff --git a/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector.php b/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50508fa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules/CodeQuality/Rector/FuncCall/AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector.php
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Rector\PHPUnit\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall;
+
+use PhpParser\Node;
+use PhpParser\Node\Arg;
+use PhpParser\Node\Expr;
+use PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Equal;
+use PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\Identical;
+use PhpParser\Node\Expr\BinaryOp\NotIdentical;
+use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Cast\Bool_;
+use PhpParser\Node\Expr\ClassConstFetch;
+use PhpParser\Node\Expr\FuncCall;
+use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Instanceof_;
+use PhpParser\Node\Expr\MethodCall;
+use PhpParser\Node\Expr\StaticCall;
+use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable;
+use PhpParser\Node\Name\FullyQualified;
+use PHPStan\Reflection\ClassReflection;
+use Rector\PhpParser\Node\Value\ValueResolver;
+use Rector\PHPStan\ScopeFetcher;
+use Rector\PHPUnit\Enum\AssertMethod;
+use Rector\PHPUnit\Enum\PHPUnitClassName;
+use Rector\Rector\AbstractRector;
+use Symplify\RuleDocGenerator\ValueObject\CodeSample\CodeSample;
+use Symplify\RuleDocGenerator\ValueObject\RuleDefinition;
+
+/**
+ * @see \Rector\PHPUnit\Tests\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector\AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRectorTest
+ */
+final class AssertFuncCallToPHPUnitAssertRector extends AbstractRector
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        private readonly ValueResolver $valueResolver
+    ) {
+    }
+
+    public function getRuleDefinition(): RuleDefinition
+    {
+        return new RuleDefinition('Turns assert() calls to their explicit PHPUnit assert alternative', [
+            new CodeSample('assert($value === 100, "message");', '$this->assertSame(100, $value, "message");'),
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return class-string[]
+     */
+    public function getNodeTypes(): array
+    {
+        return [FuncCall::class];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param FuncCall $node
+     */
+    public function refactor(Node $node): StaticCall|MethodCall|null
+    {
+        if ($node->isFirstClassCallable()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        if (! $this->isName($node, 'assert')) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        if (! $this->isTestFilePath($node) && ! $this->isBehatContext($node)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $comparedExpr = $node->getArgs()[0]
+            ->value;
+
+        if ($comparedExpr instanceof Equal) {
+            $methodName = AssertMethod::ASSERT_EQUALS;
+            $exprs = [$comparedExpr->right, $comparedExpr->left];
+
+        } elseif ($comparedExpr instanceof Identical) {
+            $methodName = AssertMethod::ASSERT_SAME;
+            $exprs = [$comparedExpr->right, $comparedExpr->left];
+
+        } elseif ($comparedExpr instanceof NotIdentical) {
+            if ($this->valueResolver->isNull($comparedExpr->right)) {
+                $methodName = 'assertNotNull';
+                $exprs = [$comparedExpr->left];
+            } else {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+        } elseif ($comparedExpr instanceof Bool_) {
+            $methodName = 'assertTrue';
+            $exprs = [$comparedExpr];
+        } elseif ($comparedExpr instanceof FuncCall) {
+            if ($this->isName($comparedExpr, 'method_exists')) {
+                $methodName = 'assertTrue';
+                $exprs = [$comparedExpr];
+            } else {
+                return null;
+            }
+        } elseif ($comparedExpr instanceof Instanceof_) {
+            // outside TestCase
+            $methodName = 'assertInstanceOf';
+            $exprs = [];
+
+            if ($comparedExpr->class instanceof FullyQualified) {
+                $classConstFetch = new ClassConstFetch($comparedExpr->class, 'class');
+                $exprs[] = $classConstFetch;
+            } else {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            $exprs[] = $comparedExpr->expr;
+        } else {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        // is there a comment message
+        if (isset($node->getArgs()[1])) {
+            $exprs[] = $node->getArgs()[1]->value;
+        }
+
+        return $this->createCall($node, $methodName, $exprs);
+    }
+
+    private function isBehatContext(FuncCall $funcCall): bool
+    {
+        $scope = ScopeFetcher::fetch($funcCall);
+        if (! $scope->getClassReflection() instanceof ClassReflection) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        $className = $scope->getClassReflection()
+            ->getName();
+
+        // special case with static call
+        return str_ends_with($className, 'Context');
+    }
+
+    private function isTestFilePath(FuncCall $funcCall): bool
+    {
+        $scope = ScopeFetcher::fetch($funcCall);
+        if (! $scope->getClassReflection() instanceof ClassReflection) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        $className = $scope->getClassReflection()
+            ->getName();
+        if (str_ends_with($className, 'Test')) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        return str_ends_with($className, 'TestCase');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Expr[] $exprs
+     */
+    private function createCall(FuncCall $funcCall, string $methodName, array $exprs): MethodCall|StaticCall
+    {
+        $args = [];
+        foreach ($exprs as $expr) {
+            $args[] = new Arg($expr);
+        }
+
+        if ($this->isBehatContext($funcCall)) {
+            $assertFullyQualified = new FullyQualified(PHPUnitClassName::ASSERT);
+            return new StaticCall($assertFullyQualified, $methodName, $args);
+        }
+
+        return new MethodCall(new Variable('this'), $methodName, $args);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Enum/AssertMethod.php b/src/Enum/AssertMethod.php
index 496d749d..cc289642 100644
--- a/src/Enum/AssertMethod.php
+++ b/src/Enum/AssertMethod.php
@@ -15,4 +15,14 @@ final class AssertMethod
      * @var string
      */
     public const ASSERT_TRUE = 'assertTrue';
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    public const ASSERT_EQUALS = 'assertEquals';
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    public const ASSERT_SAME = 'assertSame';
 }