diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index f4b3adc..de5616b 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         "giggsey/libphonenumber-for-php": "^8.3",
         "commerceguys/addressing": "^1.0",
         "nyholm/psr7": "^1.2",
-        "embed/embed": "^4.0"
+        "embed/embed": "^3.0"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {
diff --git a/src/models/TelephoneModel.php b/src/models/TelephoneModel.php
index 5bf902b..055d0ea 100644
--- a/src/models/TelephoneModel.php
+++ b/src/models/TelephoneModel.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class TelephoneModel extends Model implements JsonSerializable
 {
     public string $countryCode;
     public string $rawInput;
-    public ?PhoneNumber $phoneNumber;
+    public ?PhoneNumber $phoneNumber = null;
     private PhoneNumberUtil $phoneNumberUtil;
     
     public function attributeLabels(): array