diff --git a/src/ContainerRegistry.php b/src/ContainerRegistry.php
index 694095bb3..8613d2928 100644
--- a/src/ContainerRegistry.php
+++ b/src/ContainerRegistry.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 namespace Respect\Validation;
 
 use DI\Container;
+use libphonenumber\PhoneNumberUtil;
 use Psr\Container\ContainerInterface;
 use Respect\StringFormatter\BypassTranslator;
 use Respect\StringFormatter\Modifier;
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ final class ContainerRegistry
     public static function createContainer(array $definitions = []): Container
     {
         return new Container($definitions + [
+            PhoneNumberUtil::class => factory(static fn() => PhoneNumberUtil::getInstance()),
             Transformer::class => create(Prefix::class),
             TemplateResolver::class => create(TemplateResolver::class),
             TranslatorInterface::class => autowire(BypassTranslator::class),
diff --git a/src/Validators/Phone.php b/src/Validators/Phone.php
index 203031487..c5bd905f4 100644
--- a/src/Validators/Phone.php
+++ b/src/Validators/Phone.php
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 use Respect\Validation\Validator;
 use Sokil\IsoCodes\Database\Countries;
 
-use function class_exists;
 use function is_scalar;
 
 #[Attribute(Attribute::TARGET_PROPERTY | Attribute::IS_REPEATABLE)]
@@ -53,9 +52,9 @@ final class Phone implements Validator
 
     public function __construct(string|null $countryCode = null, Countries|null $countries = null)
     {
-        if (!class_exists(PhoneNumberUtil::class)) {
+        if (!ContainerRegistry::getContainer()->has(PhoneNumberUtil::class)) {
             throw new MissingComposerDependencyException(
-                'Phone rule libphonenumber for PHP',
+                'Phone rule requires libphonenumber for PHP',
                 'giggsey/libphonenumber-for-php',
             );
         }
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ public function evaluate(mixed $input): Result
     private function isValidPhone(string $input): bool
     {
         try {
-            $phoneNumberUtil = PhoneNumberUtil::getInstance();
+            $phoneNumberUtil = ContainerRegistry::getContainer()->get(PhoneNumberUtil::class);
             $phoneNumberObject = $phoneNumberUtil->parse($input, $this->country?->getAlpha2());
             if ($this->country === null) {
                 return $phoneNumberUtil->isValidNumber($phoneNumberObject);
diff --git a/tests/unit/Validators/PhoneTest.php b/tests/unit/Validators/PhoneTest.php
index f17792731..91de9efcb 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Validators/PhoneTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Validators/PhoneTest.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 namespace Respect\Validation\Validators;
 
 use DI;
+use libphonenumber\PhoneNumberUtil;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\CoversClass;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Group;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@
 use Respect\Validation\Exceptions\InvalidValidatorException;
 use Respect\Validation\Exceptions\MissingComposerDependencyException;
 use Respect\Validation\Test\TestCase;
+use Sokil\IsoCodes\Database\Countries;
 use stdClass;
 
 #[Group('validator')]
@@ -70,10 +72,17 @@ public function itShouldThrowsExceptionWhenCountryCodeIsNotValid(): void
     }
 
     #[Test]
-    public function shouldThrowWhenMissingComponent(): void
+    public function shouldThrowWhenMissingIsocodesComponent(): void
     {
         $mainContainer = ContainerRegistry::getContainer();
-        ContainerRegistry::setContainer((new DI\ContainerBuilder())->useAutowiring(false)->build());
+        ContainerRegistry::setContainer(
+            (new DI\ContainerBuilder())
+                ->addDefinitions([
+                    PhoneNumberUtil::class => DI\factory(static fn() => PhoneNumberUtil::getInstance()),
+                ])
+                ->useAutowiring(false)
+                ->build(),
+        );
         try {
             new Phone('US');
             $this->fail('Expected MissingComposerDependencyException was not thrown.');
@@ -87,6 +96,31 @@ public function shouldThrowWhenMissingComponent(): void
         }
     }
 
+    #[Test]
+    public function shouldThrowWhenMissingPhonesComponent(): void
+    {
+        $mainContainer = ContainerRegistry::getContainer();
+        ContainerRegistry::setContainer(
+            (new DI\ContainerBuilder())
+                ->addDefinitions([
+                    Countries::class => DI\create(Countries::class),
+                ])
+                ->useAutowiring(false)
+                ->build(),
+        );
+        try {
+            new Phone('US');
+            $this->fail('Expected MissingComposerDependencyException was not thrown.');
+        } catch (MissingComposerDependencyException $e) {
+            $this->assertStringContainsString(
+                'Phone rule requires libphonenumber for PHP.',
+                $e->getMessage(),
+            );
+        } finally {
+            ContainerRegistry::setContainer($mainContainer);
+        }
+    }
+
     /** @return array<array{mixed}> */
     public static function providerForValidInputWithoutCountryCode(): array
     {