diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/Common/Annotations/AnnotationException.php b/lib/Doctrine/Common/Annotations/AnnotationException.php
index b1ea64e6f..4d91825e5 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/Common/Annotations/AnnotationException.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/Common/Annotations/AnnotationException.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Doctrine\Common\Annotations;
 
 use Exception;
+use Throwable;
 
 use function get_class;
 use function gettype;
@@ -47,9 +48,9 @@ public static function semanticalError($message)
      *
      * @return AnnotationException
      */
-    public static function creationError($message)
+    public static function creationError($message, ?Throwable $previous = null)
     {
-        return new self('[Creation Error] ' . $message);
+        return new self('[Creation Error] ' . $message, 0, $previous);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/Common/Annotations/DocParser.php b/lib/Doctrine/Common/Annotations/DocParser.php
index ae530c50f..80f307cab 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/Common/Annotations/DocParser.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/Common/Annotations/DocParser.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 use ReflectionProperty;
 use RuntimeException;
 use stdClass;
+use Throwable;
 
 use function array_keys;
 use function array_map;
@@ -941,7 +942,7 @@ private function Annotation()
 
         if (self::$annotationMetadata[$name]['has_named_argument_constructor']) {
             if (PHP_VERSION_ID >= 80000) {
-                return new $name(...$values);
+                return $this->instantiateAnnotiation($originalName, $this->context, $name, $values);
             }
 
             $positionalValues = [];
@@ -968,16 +969,16 @@ private function Annotation()
                 $positionalValues[self::$annotationMetadata[$name]['constructor_args'][$property]['position']] = $value;
             }
 
-            return new $name(...$positionalValues);
+            return $this->instantiateAnnotiation($originalName, $this->context, $name, $positionalValues);
         }
 
         // check if the annotation expects values via the constructor,
         // or directly injected into public properties
         if (self::$annotationMetadata[$name]['has_constructor'] === true) {
-            return new $name($values);
+            return $this->instantiateAnnotiation($originalName, $this->context, $name, [$values]);
         }
 
-        $instance = new $name();
+        $instance = $this->instantiateAnnotiation($originalName, $this->context, $name, []);
 
         foreach ($values as $property => $value) {
             if (! isset(self::$annotationMetadata[$name]['properties'][$property])) {
@@ -1456,4 +1457,31 @@ private function resolvePositionalValues(array $arguments, string $name): array
 
         return $values;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Try to instantiate the annotation and catch and process any exceptions related to failure
+     *
+     * @param class-string        $name
+     * @param array<string,mixed> $arguments
+     *
+     * @return object
+     *
+     * @throws AnnotationException
+     */
+    private function instantiateAnnotiation(string $originalName, string $context, string $name, array $arguments)
+    {
+        try {
+            return new $name(...$arguments);
+        } catch (Throwable $exception) {
+            throw AnnotationException::creationError(
+                sprintf(
+                    'An error occurred while instantiating the annotation @%s declared on %s: "%s".',
+                    $originalName,
+                    $context,
+                    $exception->getMessage()
+                ),
+                $exception
+            );
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/phpstan.neon b/phpstan.neon
index ad8f23951..78663a129 100644
--- a/phpstan.neon
+++ b/phpstan.neon
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ parameters:
     ignoreErrors:
         - '#Instantiated class Doctrine_Tests_Common_Annotations_Fixtures_ClassNoNamespaceNoComment not found#'
         - '#Property Doctrine\\Tests\\Common\\Annotations\\DummyClassNonAnnotationProblem::\$foo has unknown class#'
+        - '#Call to an undefined static method PHPUnit\\Framework\\TestCase::expectExceptionMessageRegExp\(\)#'
 
         # That tag is empty on purpose
         - '#PHPDoc tag @var has invalid value \(\)\: Unexpected token "\*/", expected type at offset 9#'
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Annotations/DocParserTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Annotations/DocParserTest.php
index fad9bf93b..5e6f35cb2 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Annotations/DocParserTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Annotations/DocParserTest.php
@@ -14,15 +14,19 @@
 use Doctrine\Tests\Common\Annotations\Fixtures\ClassWithConstants;
 use Doctrine\Tests\Common\Annotations\Fixtures\InterfaceWithConstants;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Constraint\ExceptionMessage;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use ReflectionClass;
+use TypeError;
 
 use function array_column;
 use function array_combine;
 use function assert;
 use function class_exists;
 use function extension_loaded;
+use function get_parent_class;
 use function ini_get;
+use function method_exists;
 use function sprintf;
 use function ucfirst;
 
@@ -886,9 +890,16 @@ public function testAnnotationEnumInvalidTypeDeclarationException(): void
         $docblock = '@Doctrine\Tests\Common\Annotations\Fixtures\AnnotationEnumInvalid("foo")';
 
         $parser->setIgnoreNotImportedAnnotations(false);
-        $this->expectException(InvalidArgumentException::class);
-        $this->expectExceptionMessage('@Enum supports only scalar values "array" given.');
-        $parser->parse($docblock);
+        $this->expectException(AnnotationException::class);
+        try {
+            $parser->parse($docblock);
+        } catch (AnnotationException $exc) {
+            $previous = $exc->getPrevious();
+            $this->assertInstanceOf(InvalidArgumentException::class, $previous);
+            $this->assertThat($previous, new ExceptionMessage('@Enum supports only scalar values "array" given.'));
+
+            throw $exc;
+        }
     }
 
     public function testAnnotationEnumInvalidLiteralDeclarationException(): void
@@ -897,9 +908,19 @@ public function testAnnotationEnumInvalidLiteralDeclarationException(): void
         $docblock = '@Doctrine\Tests\Common\Annotations\Fixtures\AnnotationEnumLiteralInvalid("foo")';
 
         $parser->setIgnoreNotImportedAnnotations(false);
-        $this->expectException(InvalidArgumentException::class);
-        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Undefined enumerator value "3" for literal "AnnotationEnumLiteral::THREE".');
-        $parser->parse($docblock);
+        $this->expectException(AnnotationException::class);
+        try {
+            $parser->parse($docblock);
+        } catch (AnnotationException $exc) {
+            $previous = $exc->getPrevious();
+            $this->assertInstanceOf(InvalidArgumentException::class, $previous);
+            $this->assertThat(
+                $previous,
+                new ExceptionMessage('Undefined enumerator value "3" for literal "AnnotationEnumLiteral::THREE".')
+            );
+
+            throw $exc;
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1100,11 +1121,21 @@ public function testAnnotationWithInvalidTargetDeclarationError(): void
 DOCBLOCK;
 
         $parser->setTarget(Target::TARGET_CLASS);
-        $this->expectException(InvalidArgumentException::class);
-        $this->expectExceptionMessage(
-            'Invalid Target "Foo". Available targets: [ALL, CLASS, METHOD, PROPERTY, FUNCTION, ANNOTATION]'
-        );
-        $parser->parse($docblock, $context);
+        $this->expectException(AnnotationException::class);
+        try {
+            $parser->parse($docblock, $context);
+        } catch (AnnotationException $exc) {
+            $previous = $exc->getPrevious();
+            $this->assertInstanceOf(InvalidArgumentException::class, $previous);
+            $this->assertThat(
+                $previous,
+                new ExceptionMessage(
+                    'Invalid Target "Foo". Available targets: [ALL, CLASS, METHOD, PROPERTY, FUNCTION, ANNOTATION]'
+                )
+            );
+
+            throw $exc;
+        }
     }
 
     public function testAnnotationWithTargetEmptyError(): void
@@ -1118,9 +1149,19 @@ public function testAnnotationWithTargetEmptyError(): void
 DOCBLOCK;
 
         $parser->setTarget(Target::TARGET_CLASS);
-        $this->expectException(InvalidArgumentException::class);
-        $this->expectExceptionMessage('@Target expects either a string value, or an array of strings, "NULL" given.');
-        $parser->parse($docblock, $context);
+        $this->expectException(AnnotationException::class);
+        try {
+            $parser->parse($docblock, $context);
+        } catch (AnnotationException $exc) {
+            $previous = $exc->getPrevious();
+            $this->assertInstanceOf(InvalidArgumentException::class, $previous);
+            $this->assertThat(
+                $previous,
+                new ExceptionMessage('@Target expects either a string value, or an array of strings, "NULL" given.')
+            );
+
+            throw $exc;
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1683,6 +1724,37 @@ public function testNamedArgumentsConstructorAnnotationWithInvalidArguments(): v
         );
         $parser->parse('/** @AnotherNamedAnnotation("foo", bar=666, "hey") */');
     }
+
+    public function testNamedArgumentsConstructorAnnotationWithWrongArgumentType(): void
+    {
+        $context  = 'property SomeClassName::invalidProperty.';
+        $docblock = '@NamedAnnotationWithArray(foo = "no array!")';
+        $parser   = $this->createTestParser();
+        $this->expectException(AnnotationException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessageMatches(
+            '/\[Creation Error\] An error occurred while instantiating the annotation '
+            . '@NamedAnnotationWithArray declared on property SomeClassName::invalidProperty\.: ".*"\.$/'
+        );
+        try {
+            $parser->parse($docblock, $context);
+        } catch (AnnotationException $exc) {
+            $this->assertInstanceOf(TypeError::class, $exc->getPrevious());
+
+            throw $exc;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Override for BC with PHPUnit <8
+     */
+    public function expectExceptionMessageMatches(string $regularExpression): void
+    {
+        if (method_exists(get_parent_class($this), 'expectExceptionMessageMatches')) {
+            parent::expectExceptionMessageMatches($regularExpression);
+        } else {
+            parent::expectExceptionMessageRegExp($regularExpression);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /** @Annotation */