diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 88724f2a60..f8da50d5ce 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
         "bamarni/composer-bin-plugin": "^1.4.1",
         "doctrine/persistence": "^1.3 || ^2.0",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5.26",
-        "symfony/phpunit-bridge": "^5.4.16"
+        "symfony/intl": "^7.2",
+        "symfony/phpunit-bridge": "^5.4.16",
+        "symfony/validator": "^7.2"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {
diff --git a/src/Faker/Generator.php b/src/Faker/Generator.php
index d1320312b1..65f4f5d4c6 100644
--- a/src/Faker/Generator.php
+++ b/src/Faker/Generator.php
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@
  *
  * @property string $swiftBicNumber
  *
- * @method string swiftBicNumber()
+ * @method string swiftBicNumber($countryCode = null)
  *
  * @property string $name
  *
diff --git a/src/Faker/Provider/Payment.php b/src/Faker/Provider/Payment.php
index 707ef059b8..94770bc5cb 100644
--- a/src/Faker/Provider/Payment.php
+++ b/src/Faker/Provider/Payment.php
@@ -297,16 +297,22 @@ public static function iban($countryCode = null, $prefix = '', $length = null)
     }
 
     /**
-     * Return the String of a SWIFT/BIC number
+     * Return the String of a SWIFT/BIC number.
      *
      * @example 'RZTIAT22263'
      *
      * @see    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9362
      *
+     * @param null|string $countryCode ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
+     *
      * @return string Swift/Bic number
      */
-    public static function swiftBicNumber()
+    public static function swiftBicNumber($countryCode = null)
     {
-        return self::regexify('^([A-Z]){4}([A-Z]){2}([0-9A-Z]){2}([0-9A-Z]{3})?$');
+        if (!is_null($countryCode) && 1 !== preg_match('/^[A-Z]{2}$/', $countryCode)) {
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Invalid country code.');
+        }
+
+        return self::regexify('^([A-Z]){4}' . ($countryCode ?? Miscellaneous::countryCode()) . '([0-9A-Z]){2}([0-9A-Z]{3})?$');
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/Faker/Provider/PaymentTest.php b/test/Faker/Provider/PaymentTest.php
index 1e90da0d9e..ba4303dc64 100644
--- a/test/Faker/Provider/PaymentTest.php
+++ b/test/Faker/Provider/PaymentTest.php
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 use Faker\Provider\Payment as PaymentProvider;
 use Faker\Provider\Person as PersonProvider;
 use Faker\Test\TestCase;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Validation;
 
 /**
  * @group legacy
@@ -197,4 +199,26 @@ protected function getProviders(): iterable
 
         yield new PaymentProvider($this->faker);
     }
+
+    public function testSwiftBicNumber(): void
+    {
+        for ($i = 0; $i < 32; $i++) {
+            $violations = Validation::createValidator()->validate($this->faker->swiftBicNumber(), [
+                new Assert\Bic(),
+            ]);
+
+            self::assertSame(0, $violations->count());
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function testLocalizedSwiftBicNumber(): void
+    {
+        $localizedBic = $this->faker->swiftBicNumber('DE');
+        $violations = Validation::createValidator()->validate($localizedBic, [
+            new Assert\Bic(),
+        ]);
+
+        self::assertSame(0, $violations->count());
+        self::assertMatchesRegularExpression('/^([A-Z]){4}DE([0-9A-Z]){2}([0-9A-Z]{3})?$/', $localizedBic);
+    }
 }