How to avoid StaleElementReferenceException when using ExpectedConditions.attributeToBe?

I am trying to validate the attribute "innerText" of an element is updated (eg, from 100 to 50). To avoid using sleeps I am waiting for the attributeToBe. But I am receiving StaleElementReferenceException exception. Probably, because the DOM is reloaded. mportant note: The element is visible, present and without this the element.getText() returns the old value. So the test fails (because the attribute has the old value).

For now, I am ignoring the exception but would you suggest a better solution, please?

public void waitAttributeToBe(WebElement webElement, String text) {
        try {
            wait.until(ExpectedConditions.attributeToBe(webElement,"innerText", text));
        } catch (StaleElementReferenceException exc) {
            exc.printStackTrace();
        }
}

Exception:

 org.openqa.selenium.StaleElementReferenceException: stale element reference: element is not attached to the page document

In case someone needs help on that, I fixed it by using the element locator instead of passing the webelement in the parameter. This was the why I was having the StaleElementReferenceException since the element was getting refreshed and I was accessing the old one.

public void waitAttributeToBe(By by, String attribute, String text) {
        wait.until(ExpectedConditions.attributeToBe(by, attribute, text));
    }