diff --git a/lib/src/phone_number.dart b/lib/src/phone_number.dart
index 37c2243..7738464 100644
--- a/lib/src/phone_number.dart
+++ b/lib/src/phone_number.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import 'package:linkify/linkify.dart';
 
 final _phoneNumberRegex = RegExp(
-  r'^(.*?)((tel:)?[+]*[\s/0-9]{8,15})',
+  r'^(.*?)((tel:)?[+]*[0-9][\s/0-9]{6,13}[0-9])',
   caseSensitive: false,
   dotAll: true,
 );
diff --git a/test/linkify_test.dart b/test/linkify_test.dart
index b9c2ccb..58c51f7 100644
--- a/test/linkify_test.dart
+++ b/test/linkify_test.dart
@@ -313,4 +313,38 @@ void main() {
       ],
     );
   });
+
+  test('Don\'t parse spaces as phone numbers', () {
+    expectListEqual(
+      linkify(
+        "                    ",
+        linkifiers: [
+          UrlLinkifier(),
+          EmailLinkifier(),
+          PhoneNumberLinkifier(),
+        ],
+      ),
+      [
+        TextElement("                    "),
+      ],
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('Parse multiple phone numbers', () {
+    expectListEqual(
+      linkify(
+        "0123456789 and 9876543210",
+        linkifiers: [
+          UrlLinkifier(),
+          EmailLinkifier(),
+          PhoneNumberLinkifier(),
+        ],
+      ),
+      [
+        PhoneNumberElement("0123456789"),
+        TextElement(" and "),
+        PhoneNumberElement("9876543210"),
+      ],
+    );
+  });
 }