diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8f8d3c1e60ec..b15b91816bf4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.22.0
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231110203233-9a3e6036ecaa
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231214170342-aacd6d4b4611
 	golang.org/x/net v0.24.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.16.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.5.0
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/moby/term v0.0.0-20220808134915-39b0c02b01ae // indirect
-	github.com/nyaruka/phonenumbers v1.1.6 // indirect
+	github.com/nyaruka/phonenumbers v1.3.6 // indirect
 	github.com/ogier/pflag v0.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.14.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.19.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.19.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.15.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.16.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20231012003039-104605ab7028 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.8 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20231106174013-bbf56f31fb17 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 964e696c2c4b..864128132731 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -785,8 +785,8 @@ github.com/morikuni/aec v1.0.0/go.mod h1:BbKIizmSmc5MMPqRYbxO4ZU0S0+P200+tUnFx7P
 github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20161129095857-cc309e4a2223/go.mod h1:qRWi+5nqEBWmkhHvq77mSJWrCKwh8bxhgT7d/eI7P4U=
 github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20190716064945-2f068394615f/go.mod h1:qRWi+5nqEBWmkhHvq77mSJWrCKwh8bxhgT7d/eI7P4U=
 github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e/go.mod h1:zD1mROLANZcx1PVRCS0qkT7pwLkGfwJo4zjcN/Tysno=
-github.com/nyaruka/phonenumbers v1.1.6 h1:DcueYq7QrOArAprAYNoQfDgp0KetO4LqtnBtQC6Wyes=
-github.com/nyaruka/phonenumbers v1.1.6/go.mod h1:yShPJHDSH3aTKzCbXyVxNpbl2kA+F+Ne5Pun/MvFRos=
+github.com/nyaruka/phonenumbers v1.3.6 h1:33owXWp4d1U+Tyaj9fpci6PbvaQZcXBUO2FybeKeLwQ=
+github.com/nyaruka/phonenumbers v1.3.6/go.mod h1:Ut+eFwikULbmCenH6InMKL9csUNLyxHuBLyfkpum11s=
 github.com/ogier/pflag v0.0.1 h1:RW6JSWSu/RkSatfcLtogGfFgpim5p7ARQ10ECk5O750=
 github.com/ogier/pflag v0.0.1/go.mod h1:zkFki7tvTa0tafRvTBIZTvzYyAu6kQhPZFnshFFPE+g=
 github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1 h1:EGfNDEx6MqHz8B3uNV6QAib1UR2Lm97sHi3ocA6ESJ4=
@@ -1129,8 +1129,8 @@ golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20191227195350-da58074b4299/go.mod h1:2RIsYlXP63K8oxa1u0
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20200119233911-0405dc783f0a/go.mod h1:2RIsYlXP63K8oxa1u096TMicItID8zy7Y6sNkU49FU4=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20200207192155-f17229e696bd/go.mod h1:J/WKrq2StrnmMY6+EHIKF9dgMWnmCNThgcyBT1FY9mM=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20200224162631-6cc2880d07d6/go.mod h1:3jZMyOhIsHpP37uCMkUooju7aAi5cS1Q23tOzKc+0MU=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231110203233-9a3e6036ecaa h1:FRnLl4eNAQl8hwxVVC17teOw8kdjVDVAiFMtgUdTSRQ=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231110203233-9a3e6036ecaa/go.mod h1:zk2irFbV9DP96SEBUUAy67IdHUaZuSnrz1n472HUCLE=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231214170342-aacd6d4b4611 h1:qCEDpW1G+vcj3Y7Fy52pEM1AWm3abj8WimGYejI3SC4=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231214170342-aacd6d4b4611/go.mod h1:iRJReGqOEeBhDZGkGbynYwcHlctCvnjTYIamk7uXpHI=
 golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20190227222117-0694c2d4d067/go.mod h1:kZ7UVZpmo3dzQBMxlp+ypCbDeSB+sBbTgSJuh5dn5js=
 golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20190802002840-cff245a6509b/go.mod h1:FeLwcggjj3mMvU+oOTbSwawSJRM1uh48EjtB4UJZlP0=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20181026193005-c67002cb31c3/go.mod h1:UVdnD1Gm6xHRNCYTkRU2/jEulfH38KcIWyp/GAMgvoE=
@@ -1435,8 +1435,8 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.1.1/go.mod h1:o0xws9oXOQQZyjljx8fwUC0k7L1pTE6eaCbjGeHmOkk=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12/go.mod h1:hNGJHUnrk76NpqgfD5Aqm5Crs+Hm0VOH/i9J2+nxYbc=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.4.0/go.mod h1:UE5sM2OK9E/d67R0ANs2xJizIymRP5gJU295PvKXxjQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.6.0/go.mod h1:Xwgl3UAJ/d3gWutnCtw505GrjyAbvKui8lOU390QaIU=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.15.0 h1:zdAyfUGbYmuVokhzVmghFl2ZJh5QhcfebBgmVPFYA+8=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.15.0/go.mod h1:hpksKq4dtpQWS1uQ61JkdqWM3LscIS6Slf+VVkm+wQk=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.16.0 h1:GO788SKMRunPIBCXiQyo2AaexLstOrVhuAL5YwsckQM=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.16.0/go.mod h1:kYVVN6I1mBNoB1OX+noeBjbRk4IUEPa7JJ+TJMEooJ0=
 golang.org/x/tools/cmd/cover v0.1.0-deprecated h1:Rwy+mWYz6loAF+LnG1jHG/JWMHRMMC2/1XX3Ejkx9lA=
 golang.org/x/tools/cmd/cover v0.1.0-deprecated/go.mod h1:hMDiIvlpN1NoVgmjLjUJE9tMHyxHjFX7RuQ+rW12mSA=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190410155217-1f06c39b4373/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
diff --git a/identity/extension_verification_test.go b/identity/extension_verification_test.go
index ebf2c09f207e..cc7f47b07091 100644
--- a/identity/extension_verification_test.go
+++ b/identity/extension_verification_test.go
@@ -369,6 +369,21 @@ func TestSchemaExtensionVerification(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
+			{
+				// see https://github.com/ory/kratos/issues/3933
+				name:   "phone:should parse +16453331111",
+				schema: phoneSchemaPath,
+				doc:    `{"phones":["+16453331111"]}`,
+				expect: []VerifiableAddress{
+					{
+						Value:      "+16453331111",
+						Verified:   false,
+						Status:     VerifiableAddressStatusPending,
+						Via:        ChannelTypeSMS,
+						IdentityID: iid,
+					},
+				},
+			},
 		} {
 			t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("case=%v", tc.name), func(t *testing.T) {
 				id := &Identity{ID: iid, VerifiableAddresses: tc.existing}
@@ -385,6 +400,8 @@ func TestSchemaExtensionVerification(t *testing.T) {
 				if tc.expectErr != nil {
 					require.EqualError(t, err, tc.expectErr.Error())
 					return
+				} else {
+					require.NoError(t, err)
 				}
 
 				require.NoError(t, e.Finish())