diff --git a/app/javascript/packages/phone-input/index.ts b/app/javascript/packages/phone-input/index.ts
index 429c4506fd1..6f6ada9906b 100644
--- a/app/javascript/packages/phone-input/index.ts
+++ b/app/javascript/packages/phone-input/index.ts
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ export class PhoneInputElement extends HTMLElement {
 
     const iti = intlTelInput(this.textInput, {
       preferredCountries: ['US', 'CA'],
+      initialCountry: this.codeInput.value,
       localizedCountries: countryCodePairs,
       onlyCountries: supportedCountryCodes,
       autoPlaceholder: 'off',
diff --git a/app/javascript/packages/phone-input/package.json b/app/javascript/packages/phone-input/package.json
index 8e5469c4434..538375d3bd3 100644
--- a/app/javascript/packages/phone-input/package.json
+++ b/app/javascript/packages/phone-input/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "dependencies": {
-    "intl-tel-input": "^17.0.8",
+    "intl-tel-input": "^17.0.19",
     "libphonenumber-js": "^1.10.11"
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4fe4fd52077..e2df37ddbaa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "fast-glob": "^3.2.7",
     "foundation-emails": "^2.3.1",
     "identity-style-guide": "^6.7.0",
-    "intl-tel-input": "^17.0.8",
+    "intl-tel-input": "^17.0.19",
     "react": "^17.0.2",
     "react-dom": "^17.0.2",
     "source-map-loader": "^4.0.0",
diff --git a/spec/features/phone/add_phone_spec.rb b/spec/features/phone/add_phone_spec.rb
index 554f9dd24fc..ae08ae2058d 100644
--- a/spec/features/phone/add_phone_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/phone/add_phone_spec.rb
@@ -139,10 +139,15 @@
     )
   end
 
-  scenario 'adding a phone that is already on the user account shows error message' do
+  scenario 'adding a phone that is already on the user account shows error message', js: true do
     user = create(:user, :signed_up)
     phone = user.phone_configurations.first.phone
 
+    # Regression handling: The fake phone number generator uses well-formatted numbers, which isn't
+    # how a user would likely enter their number, and would give detail to the phone initialization
+    # which wouldn't exist for typical user input. Emulate the user input by removing format hints.
+    phone = phone.sub(/^\+1\s*/, '').gsub(/\D/, '')
+
     sign_in_and_2fa_user(user)
     within('.sidenav') do
       click_on t('account.navigation.add_phone_number')
@@ -151,6 +156,7 @@
     click_continue
 
     expect(page).to have_content(I18n.t('errors.messages.phone_duplicate'))
+    expect(page).to have_css('.iti__selected-flag .iti__flag.iti__us', visible: :all)
   end
 
   let(:telephony_gem_voip_number) { '+12255551000' }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d5c140ab952..fc21062e5bc 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4026,10 +4026,10 @@ interpret@^2.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/interpret/-/interpret-2.2.0.tgz#1a78a0b5965c40a5416d007ad6f50ad27c417df9"
   integrity sha512-Ju0Bz/cEia55xDwUWEa8+olFpCiQoypjnQySseKtmjNrnps3P+xfpUmGr90T7yjlVJmOtybRvPXhKMbHr+fWnw==
 
-intl-tel-input@^17.0.8:
-  version "17.0.12"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/intl-tel-input/-/intl-tel-input-17.0.12.tgz#057c35b57871bd6d6932ac28428d086e63d6cc89"
-  integrity sha512-jl3DkDQg/aaIPK2hrvtgX2eYgtkz5LxCQW57Ru1Hpdt9MA9VE8PnGUllaMsAm6SeJODHBdMok7XFZR8/M1yytg==
+intl-tel-input@^17.0.19:
+  version "17.0.19"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/intl-tel-input/-/intl-tel-input-17.0.19.tgz#4c277e3bf02069fac2ef3821a62a3d7e8b55740a"
+  integrity sha512-GBNoUT4JVgm2e1N+yFMaBQ24g5EQfZhDznGneCM9IEZwfKsMUAUa1dS+v0wOiKpRAZ5IPNLJMIEEFGgqlCI22A==
 
 ipaddr.js@1.9.1:
   version "1.9.1"