diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ODM/MongoDB/DocumentManager.php b/lib/Doctrine/ODM/MongoDB/DocumentManager.php
index 98401fa80..3ad53185a 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ODM/MongoDB/DocumentManager.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ODM/MongoDB/DocumentManager.php
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ protected function __construct(?Client $client = null, ?Configuration $config =
         $hydratorNs            = $this->config->getHydratorNamespace();
         $this->hydratorFactory = new HydratorFactory(
             $this,
-            $this->eventManager,
+            $this->eventDispatcher,
             $hydratorDir,
             $hydratorNs,
             $this->config->getAutoGenerateHydratorClasses(),
@@ -217,9 +217,9 @@ public function getProxyFactory(): ProxyFactory
      * Creates a new Document that operates on the given Mongo connection
      * and uses the given Configuration.
      */
-    public static function create(?Client $client = null, ?Configuration $config = null, EventManager|EventDispatcherInterface|null $eventManager = null): DocumentManager
+    public static function create(?Client $client = null, ?Configuration $config = null, EventManager|EventDispatcherInterface|null $eventDispatcher = null): DocumentManager
     {
-        return new static($client, $config, $eventManager);
+        return new static($client, $config, $eventDispatcher);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/ODM/MongoDB/Tests/DocumentManagerTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/ODM/MongoDB/Tests/DocumentManagerTest.php
index 832037e53..1e1fff465 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/ODM/MongoDB/Tests/DocumentManagerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/ODM/MongoDB/Tests/DocumentManagerTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use Doctrine\Common\EventManager;
 use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Aggregation\Builder as AggregationBuilder;
 use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Configuration;
+use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\DocumentManager;
 use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Mapping\Annotations as ODM;
 use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
 use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Mapping\ClassMetadataFactory;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
 use RuntimeException;
 use stdClass;
+use Symfony\Contracts\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcherInterface;
 
 class DocumentManagerTest extends BaseTestCase
 {
@@ -261,6 +263,31 @@ public function testGetClassNameForAssociationReturnsTargetDocumentWithNullData(
         $mapping = ClassMetadataTestUtil::getFieldMapping(['targetDocument' => User::class]);
         self::assertEquals(User::class, $this->dm->getClassNameForAssociation($mapping, null));
     }
+
+    public function testCreateWithEventManager(): void
+    {
+        $config = static::getConfiguration();
+        $client = new Client(self::getUri());
+
+        $eventManager = new EventManager();
+        $dm           = DocumentManager::create($client, $config, $eventManager);
+        self::assertSame($eventManager, $dm->getEventManager());
+        self::assertInstanceOf(EventDispatcherInterface::class, $dm->getEventDispatcher());
+    }
+
+    public function testCreateWithEventDispatcher(): void
+    {
+        $config = static::getConfiguration();
+        $client = new Client(self::getUri());
+
+        $eventDispatcher = $this->createMock(EventDispatcherInterface::class);
+        $dm              = DocumentManager::create($client, $config,  $eventDispatcher);
+        self::assertSame($eventDispatcher, $dm->getEventDispatcher());
+
+        self::expectException(\LogicException::class);
+        self::expectExceptionMessage('Use getEventDispatcher() instead of getEventManager()');
+        $dm->getEventManager();
+    }
 }
 
 #[ODM\Document]