diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 60944d13d..de165e726 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 - Script to download translations from Crowdin
 - Fix a bug: admin and managers can't cancel or move event reservations
+- Fix a bug: phone numbers with hyphens and spaces prevent profile completion when the data is provided by a SSO
 
 ## v5.4.17 2022 September 06
 
diff --git a/app/frontend/src/javascript/components/user/user-profile-form.tsx b/app/frontend/src/javascript/components/user/user-profile-form.tsx
index 1c449c0e5..f4aedbb08 100644
--- a/app/frontend/src/javascript/components/user/user-profile-form.tsx
+++ b/app/frontend/src/javascript/components/user/user-profile-form.tsx
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export const UserProfileForm: React.FC<UserProfileFormProps> = ({ action, size,
   const { t } = useTranslation('shared');
 
   // regular expression to validate the input fields
-  const phoneRegex = /^((00|\+)\d{2,3})?\d{4,14}$/;
+  const phoneRegex = /^((00|\+)\d{2,3})?[\d -]{4,14}$/;
   const urlRegex = /^(https?:\/\/)([^.]+)\.(.{2,30})(\/.*)*\/?$/;
 
   const { handleSubmit, register, control, formState, setValue, reset } = useForm<User>({ defaultValues: { ...user } });