diff --git a/src/widgets/index.js b/src/widgets/index.js
index f6940b1b4..c57914389 100644
--- a/src/widgets/index.js
+++ b/src/widgets/index.js
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ UI.widgets.fieldParams[UI.ns.ui('TextField').uri] = { }
 
 UI.widgets.fieldParams[UI.ns.ui('PhoneField').uri] = { 'size': 20, 'uriPrefix': 'tel:' }
 UI.widgets.fieldParams[UI.ns.ui('PhoneField').uri].pattern =
-  /^\s*\+?[ 0-9-]+[0-9]\s*$/
+  /^\+?[\d-]+[\d]*$/
 
 UI.widgets.fieldParams[UI.ns.ui('EmailField').uri] = { 'size': 30, 'uriPrefix': 'mailto:' }
 UI.widgets.fieldParams[UI.ns.ui('EmailField').uri].pattern =