diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/fix-php-warning b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/fix-php-warning
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4a511ec5319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/fix-php-warning
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: tweak
+
+Product Collection: fix the PHP deprecated warning
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/src/Blocks/BlockTypes/ProductCollection.php b/plugins/woocommerce/src/Blocks/BlockTypes/ProductCollection.php
index 6b94f719973..45f5ab2b48e 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/src/Blocks/BlockTypes/ProductCollection.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/src/Blocks/BlockTypes/ProductCollection.php
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ class ProductCollection extends AbstractBlock {
 				'data-wc-navigation-id',
 				'wc-product-collection-' . $this->parsed_block['attrs']['queryId']
 			);
-			$current_context = json_decode( $p->get_attribute( 'data-wc-context' ), true ) ?? [];
+			$current_context = json_decode( $p->get_attribute( 'data-wc-context' ) ?? '{}', true );
 			$p->set_attribute(
 				'data-wc-context',
 				wp_json_encode(