diff --git a/docs/book/v3/migration/v2-to-v3.md b/docs/book/v3/migration/v2-to-v3.md
index 03f79fb8..66f78a78 100644
--- a/docs/book/v3/migration/v2-to-v3.md
+++ b/docs/book/v3/migration/v2-to-v3.md
@@ -48,6 +48,18 @@ The impact of the removal of these aliases will not affect you if you use a FQCN
 
 ### Changes to Individual Filters
 
+#### `DashToSeparator`
+
+The following methods have been removed:
+
+- `setOptions`
+- `getOptions`
+- `isOptions`
+- `setSeparator`
+- `getSeparator`
+
+The constructor now only accepts an associative array of [documented options](../word.md#dashToSeparator).
+
 #### `DenyList`
 
 The following methods have been removed:
diff --git a/docs/book/v3/word.md b/docs/book/v3/word.md
index 7e1f6540..57564a42 100644
--- a/docs/book/v3/word.md
+++ b/docs/book/v3/word.md
@@ -106,8 +106,7 @@ The following options are supported for `Laminas\Filter\Word\DashToSeparator`:
 ### Basic Usage
 
 ```php
-$filter = new Laminas\Filter\Word\DashToSeparator('+');
-// or new Laminas\Filter\Word\CamelCaseToSeparator(array('separator' => '+'));
+$filter = new Laminas\Filter\Word\DashToSeparator(['separator' => '+']);
 
 print $filter->filter('this-is-my-content');
 ```
diff --git a/src/Word/DashToSeparator.php b/src/Word/DashToSeparator.php
index fbb023d8..9a0453f4 100644
--- a/src/Word/DashToSeparator.php
+++ b/src/Word/DashToSeparator.php
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 namespace Laminas\Filter\Word;
 
-use Closure;
+use Laminas\Filter\FilterInterface;
+use Laminas\Filter\ScalarOrArrayFilterCallback;
 
 use function str_replace;
 
@@ -14,24 +15,28 @@
  *     ...
  * }
  * @template TOptions of Options
- * @extends AbstractSeparator<TOptions>
+ * @implements FilterInterface<string|array<array-key, string|mixed>>
  */
-final class DashToSeparator extends AbstractSeparator
+final class DashToSeparator implements FilterInterface
 {
-    public function filter(mixed $value): mixed
+    private readonly string $separator;
+
+    /** @param Options $options */
+    public function __construct(array $options = [])
     {
-        return self::applyFilterOnlyToStringableValuesAndStringableArrayValues(
-            $value,
-            Closure::fromCallable([$this, 'filterNormalizedValue'])
-        );
+        $this->separator = $options['separator'] ?? ' ';
+    }
+
+    public function __invoke(mixed $value): mixed
+    {
+        return $this->filter($value);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @param  string|string[] $value
-     * @return string|string[]
-     */
-    private function filterNormalizedValue($value)
+    public function filter(mixed $value): mixed
     {
-        return str_replace('-', $this->separator, $value);
+        return ScalarOrArrayFilterCallback::applyRecursively(
+            $value,
+            fn (string $input): string => str_replace('-', $this->separator, $input)
+        );
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/Word/DashToSeparatorTest.php b/test/Word/DashToSeparatorTest.php
index ea67f77f..cf806a6c 100644
--- a/test/Word/DashToSeparatorTest.php
+++ b/test/Word/DashToSeparatorTest.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public function testFilterSeparatesDashedWordsWithDefaultSpaces(): void
     public function testFilterSeparatesDashedWordsWithSomeString(): void
     {
         $string   = 'dash-separated-words';
-        $filter   = new DashToSeparatorFilter(':-:');
+        $filter   = new DashToSeparatorFilter(['separator' => ':-:']);
         $filtered = $filter($string);
 
         self::assertNotEquals($string, $filtered);