diff --git a/api/go.mod b/api/go.mod
index 6ba46eea..a6d8fd9f 100644
--- a/api/go.mod
+++ b/api/go.mod
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/jordan-wright/email v4.0.1-0.20210109023952-943e75fe5223+incompatible
 	github.com/jszwec/csvutil v1.10.0
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.12.3
-	github.com/nyaruka/phonenumbers v1.8.0
+	github.com/nyaruka/phonenumbers v1.8.1
 	github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/pusher/pusher-http-go/v5 v5.1.1
diff --git a/api/go.sum b/api/go.sum
index dd0a3277..53a2ac52 100644
--- a/api/go.sum
+++ b/api/go.sum
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd h1:TRLaZ9cD/w
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 h1:xBagoLtFs94CBntxluKeaWgTMpvLxC4ur3nMaC9Gz0M=
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2/go.mod h1:yWuevngMOJpCy52FWWMvUC8ws7m/LJsjYzDa0/r8luk=
-github.com/nyaruka/phonenumbers v1.8.0 h1:TrXNJmbwcAHajzDqin3mLWw57vqLUA6ZjVdeNds0heQ=
-github.com/nyaruka/phonenumbers v1.8.0/go.mod h1:fsKPJ70O9JetEA4ggnJadYTFWwtGPvu/lETTXNXq6Cs=
+github.com/nyaruka/phonenumbers v1.8.1 h1:2K9YMQuv1dCGqjjzB1DwmdCe89khT4KPBQb2CxAMMlU=
+github.com/nyaruka/phonenumbers v1.8.1/go.mod h1:fsKPJ70O9JetEA4ggnJadYTFWwtGPvu/lETTXNXq6Cs=
 github.com/olekukonko/cat v0.0.0-20250911104152-50322a0618f6 h1:zrbMGy9YXpIeTnGj4EljqMiZsIcE09mmF8XsD5AYOJc=
 github.com/olekukonko/cat v0.0.0-20250911104152-50322a0618f6/go.mod h1:rEKTHC9roVVicUIfZK7DYrdIoM0EOr8mK1Hj5s3JjH0=
 github.com/olekukonko/errors v1.3.0 h1:teJvgLGUEqMzBUms+Dj3/3szNqCG/Jdw9iDbum8fR6U=