diff --git a/Build/phpstan/phpstan-baseline.neon b/Build/phpstan/phpstan-baseline.neon
index 81605ce7f33a4e7ff230ea601d10b5799dba6753..3fb5cc7f61c3eaea00fc45127bec354051036f8a 100644
--- a/Build/phpstan/phpstan-baseline.neon
+++ b/Build/phpstan/phpstan-baseline.neon
@@ -1170,11 +1170,6 @@ parameters:
 			count: 1
 			path: ../../typo3/sysext/core/Classes/TypoScript/TemplateService.php
 
-		-
-			message: "#^If condition is always false\\.$#"
-			count: 1
-			path: ../../typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Utility/CommandUtility.php
-
 		-
 			message: "#^Call to an undefined method TYPO3\\\\CMS\\\\Core\\\\Cache\\\\Frontend\\\\FrontendInterface\\:\\:require\\(\\)\\.$#"
 			count: 3
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Utility/CommandUtility.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Utility/CommandUtility.php
index 7a9e07f044f978ad174f26114bd9da4bc211c588..7df4338bd82b36f488659f2ac81f8e236832351f 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Utility/CommandUtility.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Utility/CommandUtility.php
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ class CommandUtility
      *
      * The key is a path. The value is either the same path, or false if the path is not valid.
      *
-     * @var array<string, string|false>
+     * @var array<string, string|false>|null
      */
-    protected static array $paths;
+    protected static ?array $paths = null;
 
     /**
      * Wrapper function for php exec function
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Unit/Utility/CommandUtilityTest.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Unit/Utility/CommandUtilityTest.php
index 5715e17d8c02f1530ba861fd3ba82152ba2d6158..ae29eb27fa12d73d951bffb73ea3d51dcd4a30a3 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Unit/Utility/CommandUtilityTest.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Unit/Utility/CommandUtilityTest.php
@@ -203,4 +203,21 @@ class CommandUtilityTest extends UnitTestCase
         $actualQuoted = $commandUtilityMock->_call('unQuoteFilenames', $source);
         self::assertEquals($expectedQuoted, $actualQuoted);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Test to ensure that, the error isn't happening
+     * Error: Typed static property TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\CommandUtility::$paths must not be
+     * accessed before initialization
+     *
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function getCommandWithPhpReturnsPathToPhpExecutable(): void
+    {
+        $commandUtilityMock = $this->getAccessibleMock(CommandUtility::class, ['dummy']);
+        $command = $commandUtilityMock->_call('getCommand', 'php');
+
+        self::assertIsString($command);
+        self::assertNotEmpty($command);
+        self::assertStringContainsString('php', $command);
+    }
 }