diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index d63e2a70719..c1e6946f224 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@
             "dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer": true
         }
     },
+    "repositories": [
+        {
+            "type": "vcs",
+            "url": "https://github.com/matomo-org/matomo-coding-standards.git"
+        }
+    ],
     "require": {
         "php": ">=7.2.5",
         "composer/ca-bundle": "^1.2",
@@ -66,10 +72,9 @@
         "wikimedia/less.php": "^3.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
-        "phpunit/phpunit": "~8.5",
-        "slevomat/coding-standard": "~8.14.0",
-        "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "~3.6",
+        "matomo-org/matomo-coding-standards": "dev-master",
         "phpstan/phpdoc-parser": "~1.24.0",
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "~8.5",
         "symfony/var-dumper": "~5.4.0",
         "symfony/yaml": "~5.4.0"
     },
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 0eb3959601a..745a35e3cdf 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "264a4cc5f19355e9946a291646289a03",
+    "content-hash": "4c2227527db4c5adbbbad7d19fe07903",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "composer/ca-bundle",
@@ -3701,6 +3701,35 @@
             ],
             "time": "2022-12-30T00:15:36+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "matomo-org/matomo-coding-standards",
+            "version": "dev-master",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/matomo-org/matomo-coding-standards.git",
+                "reference": "940f7ae7e058ff0d9afbed46a08a134d1a3622f0"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/matomo-org/matomo-coding-standards/zipball/940f7ae7e058ff0d9afbed46a08a134d1a3622f0",
+                "reference": "940f7ae7e058ff0d9afbed46a08a134d1a3622f0",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": "~7.2 || ~8.0",
+                "phpstan/phpdoc-parser": "~1.24.0",
+                "slevomat/coding-standard": "~8.14.0",
+                "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "~3.10"
+            },
+            "default-branch": true,
+            "type": "phpcodesniffer-standard",
+            "description": "Coding standards for Matomo",
+            "support": {
+                "source": "https://github.com/matomo-org/matomo-coding-standards/tree/master",
+                "issues": "https://github.com/matomo-org/matomo-coding-standards/issues"
+            },
+            "time": "2024-07-19T08:27:04+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "myclabs/deep-copy",
             "version": "1.12.0",
@@ -5325,7 +5354,8 @@
     "stability-flags": {
         "lox/xhprof": 20,
         "matomo/referrer-spam-list": 20,
-        "matomo/searchengine-and-social-list": 20
+        "matomo/searchengine-and-social-list": 20,
+        "matomo-org/matomo-coding-standards": 20
     },
     "prefer-stable": false,
     "prefer-lowest": false,
diff --git a/phpcs.xml b/phpcs.xml
index d6834f30744..5c74cb3f3f3 100644
--- a/phpcs.xml
+++ b/phpcs.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <ruleset name="matomo" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="vendor/squizlabs/php_codesniffer/phpcs.xsd">
 
-    <description>Matomo Coding Standard</description>
+    <description>Matomo Core Coding Standard</description>
 
     <arg name="extensions" value="php" />
 
@@ -12,21 +12,11 @@
     <exclude-pattern>tests/PHPUnit/proxy/*</exclude-pattern>
     <exclude-pattern>tests/PHPUnit/Unit/Config/test_files/*</exclude-pattern>
     <exclude-pattern>tests/javascript/*</exclude-pattern>
-    <exclude-pattern>*/vendor/*</exclude-pattern>
-    <exclude-pattern>*/libs/*</exclude-pattern>
 
     <!-- exclude all plugins included as submodule as long as they might not fully follow this CS -->
     <exclude-pattern>plugins/(AnonymousPiwikUsageMeasurement|Bandwidth|CustomAlerts|CustomVariables|DeviceDetectorCache|LogViewer|LoginLdap|MarketingCampaignsReporting|Provider|QueuedTracking|SecurityInfo|TagManager|TasksTimetable|TrackingSpamPrevention|TreemapVisualization|VisitorGenerator)/*</exclude-pattern>
 
-    <config name="installed_paths" value="../../slevomat/coding-standard"/>
-
-    <!-- Use PSR 12 standard as default -->
-    <!-- Some rules are currently excluded/restricted, but those restrictions should be removed in the future -->
-
-    <rule ref="PSR12">
-        <!-- can't use this as long as we have functions.php files that need to be required manually -->
-        <exclude name="PSR1.Files.SideEffects.FoundWithSymbols" />
-    </rule>
+    <rule ref="Matomo"></rule>
 
     <rule ref="Generic.Files.LineLength">
         <properties>
@@ -36,42 +26,9 @@
         <exclude-pattern>plugins/*/tests/*</exclude-pattern>
     </rule>
 
-    <rule ref="Squiz.Classes.ValidClassName.NotCamelCaps">
-        <!-- Classnames for our update files don't match PascalCase, this can't be changed easily -->
-        <exclude-pattern>core/Updates/*</exclude-pattern>
-        <exclude-pattern>plugins/*/Updates/*</exclude-pattern>
-    </rule>
-
     <rule ref="PSR1.Classes.ClassDeclaration.MultipleClasses">
         <!-- Allow using multiple classes in one file for tests -->
         <exclude-pattern>tests/PHPUnit/*</exclude-pattern>
         <exclude-pattern>plugins/*/tests/*</exclude-pattern>
     </rule>
-
-
-    <!-- Additional rules that are not covered by PSR above -->
-
-    <!-- Forbid unused use statements -->
-    <rule ref="SlevomatCodingStandard.Namespaces.UnusedUses">
-        <properties>
-            <property name="searchAnnotations" value="true"/>
-            <property name="ignoredAnnotations" type="array">
-                <element value="@group"/>
-                <element value="@api"/>
-            </property>
-        </properties>
-    </rule>
-
-    <!-- Forbid some functions that should not be used (directly) -->
-    <rule ref="Generic.PHP.ForbiddenFunctions">
-        <properties>
-            <property name="forbiddenFunctions" type="array">
-                <element key="eval" value="null"/>
-                <element key="create_function" value="null"/>
-                <element key="unserialize" value="\Piwik\Common::safe_unserialize"/>
-            </property>
-        </properties>
-        <!-- still allow those functions in tests -->
-        <exclude-pattern>*/tests/*</exclude-pattern>
-    </rule>
 </ruleset>