diff --git a/garde/Cargo.toml b/garde/Cargo.toml
index bb6fa15..a227fbd 100644
--- a/garde/Cargo.toml
+++ b/garde/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "garde"
-version = "0.19.2"
+version = "0.20.0"
 edition = "2021"
 repository = "https://github.com/jprochazk/garde"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pattern = ["regex"] # for backward compatibility with <0.14.0
 js-sys = ["dep:js-sys"]
 
 [dependencies]
-garde_derive = { version = "0.19.2", path = "../garde_derive", optional = true, default-features = false }
+garde_derive = { version = "0.20.0", path = "../garde_derive", optional = true, default-features = false }
 
 smallvec = { version = "1.11.0", default-features = false }
 compact_str = { version = "0.7.1", default-features = false }
diff --git a/garde/src/rules/phone_number.rs b/garde/src/rules/phone_number.rs
index d2092a9..68c1afb 100644
--- a/garde/src/rules/phone_number.rs
+++ b/garde/src/rules/phone_number.rs
@@ -19,34 +19,35 @@ use super::AsStr;
 use crate::error::Error;
 
 pub fn apply<T: PhoneNumber>(v: &T, _: ()) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    if let Err(e) = v.validate_phone_number() {
-        return Err(Error::new(format!("not a valid phone number: {e}")));
+    match v.validate_phone_number() {
+        Ok(true) => Ok(()),
+        Ok(false) => Err(Error::new("not a valid phone number")),
+        Err(e) => Err(Error::new(format!("not a valid phone number: {e}"))),
     }
-    Ok(())
 }
 
 pub trait PhoneNumber {
     type Error: Display;
 
-    fn validate_phone_number(&self) -> Result<(), Self::Error>;
+    fn validate_phone_number(&self) -> Result<bool, Self::Error>;
 }
 
 impl<T: AsStr> PhoneNumber for T {
     type Error = phonenumber::ParseError;
 
-    fn validate_phone_number(&self) -> Result<(), Self::Error> {
-        let _ = phonenumber::PhoneNumber::from_str(self.as_str())?;
-        Ok(())
+    fn validate_phone_number(&self) -> Result<bool, Self::Error> {
+        let number = phonenumber::PhoneNumber::from_str(self.as_str())?;
+        Ok(number.is_valid())
     }
 }
 
 impl<T: PhoneNumber> PhoneNumber for Option<T> {
     type Error = T::Error;
 
-    fn validate_phone_number(&self) -> Result<(), Self::Error> {
+    fn validate_phone_number(&self) -> Result<bool, Self::Error> {
         match self {
             Some(value) => value.validate_phone_number(),
-            None => Ok(()),
+            None => Ok(true),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/garde_derive/Cargo.toml b/garde_derive/Cargo.toml
index 94e1346..56ecdd3 100644
--- a/garde_derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/garde_derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "garde_derive"
-version = "0.19.2"
+version = "0.20.0"
 edition = "2021"
 repository = "https://github.com/jprochazk/garde"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/integrations/axum_garde/Cargo.toml b/integrations/axum_garde/Cargo.toml
index e7bff40..dcfde49 100644
--- a/integrations/axum_garde/Cargo.toml
+++ b/integrations/axum_garde/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "axum_garde"
-version = "0.19.2"
+version = "0.20.0"
 edition = "2021"
 repository = "https://github.com/jprochazk/garde"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ axum = { version = "0.7", default-features = false }
 axum-extra = { version = "0.9", default-features = false, optional = true }
 axum-yaml = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, optional = true }
 axum-msgpack = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, optional = true }
-garde = { version = "0.19.2", path = "../../garde", default-features = false }
+garde = { version = "0.20.0", path = "../../garde", default-features = false }
 thiserror = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1" }
-garde = { version = "0.19.2", path = "../../garde", features = [
+garde = { version = "0.20.0", path = "../../garde", features = [
   "full",
   "derive",
 ] }