diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 549377fd2..20b509446 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
   - [#1922](https://github.com/validatorjs/validator.js/pull/1922) `ir-IR`, @ArashST79
   - [#1924](https://github.com/validatorjs/validator.js/pull/1924) `ky-KG`, @arsalanfiroozi
   - [#1925](https://github.com/validatorjs/validator.js/pull/1925) `ar-YE`, `ar-EH`, `fa-AF`, @Mustafiz04
-  - [#1932](https://github.com/validatorjs/validator.js/pull/1932) `ro-MD`, @mik7up
+  - [#1932](https://github.com/validatorjs/validator.js/pull/1932) `md-MD`, @mik7up
   - [#1940](https://github.com/validatorjs/validator.js/pull/1940) `ar-YE`, `en-BS`, @savannahvaith
   - [#1952](https://github.com/validatorjs/validator.js/pull/1952) `ka-GE`, @avkvak
   - [#1964](https://github.com/validatorjs/validator.js/pull/1964) [#1951](https://github.com/validatorjs/validator.js/pull/1951) `pt-BR`, @jhcaiafa @matheusnascgomes
diff --git a/src/lib/isMobilePhone.js b/src/lib/isMobilePhone.js
index b00391ea6..49312860a 100644
--- a/src/lib/isMobilePhone.js
+++ b/src/lib/isMobilePhone.js
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ const phones = {
   'pt-BR': /^((\+?55\ ?[1-9]{2}\ ?)|(\+?55\ ?\([1-9]{2}\)\ ?)|(0[1-9]{2}\ ?)|(\([1-9]{2}\)\ ?)|([1-9]{2}\ ?))((\d{4}\-?\d{4})|(9[1-9]{1}\d{3}\-?\d{4}))$/,
   'pt-PT': /^(\+?351)?9[1236]\d{7}$/,
   'pt-AO': /^(\+?244)?9\d{8}$/,
-  'ro-MD': /^(\+?373|0)((6(0|1|2|6|7|8|9))|(7(6|7|8|9)))\d{6}$/,
+  'md-MD': /^(\+?373|0)((6(0|1|2|6|7|8|9))|(7(6|7|8|9)))\d{6}$/,
   'ro-RO': /^(\+?40|0)\s?7\d{2}(\/|\s|\.|-)?\d{3}(\s|\.|-)?\d{3}$/,
   'ru-RU': /^(\+?7|8)?9\d{9}$/,
   'si-LK': /^(?:0|94|\+94)?(7(0|1|2|4|5|6|7|8)( |-)?)\d{7}$/,
diff --git a/test/validators.test.js b/test/validators.test.js
index f73a48164..58a105298 100644
--- a/test/validators.test.js
+++ b/test/validators.test.js
@@ -9995,7 +9995,7 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
         ],
       },
       {
-        locale: 'ro-MD',
+        locale: 'md-MD',
         valid: [
           '+37360375781',
           '+37361945673',