diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-matrix b/src/freedombone-app-matrix
index 6a685e65..b1eae4fc 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-matrix
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-matrix
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ function upgrade_matrix {
     chown -R matrix:matrix $MATRIX_DATA_DIR
 
     pip install --upgrade --force "pynacl==0.3.0"
+    pip install --upgrade --force "phonenumbers>=8.2.0"
 
     if [ -f /etc/ssl/certs/${MATRIX_DOMAIN_NAME}.dhparam ]; then
         chmod 755 /etc/ssl/certs/${MATRIX_DOMAIN_NAME}.dhparam
@@ -755,6 +756,7 @@ function install_matrix {
     pip install --upgrade pip
     pip install --upgrade python-ldap
     pip install --upgrade lxml
+    pip install --upgrade --force "phonenumbers>=8.2.0"
 
     function_check matrix_nginx
     matrix_nginx