diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fcdf516c2..091b61b5f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ngx-mat-input-tel",
-  "version": "18.4.0",
+  "version": "18.5.0",
   "scripts": {
     "ng": "ng",
     "start": "ng serve",
diff --git a/projects/ngx-mat-input-tel/package.json b/projects/ngx-mat-input-tel/package.json
index 3c152a73e..1ae2feaa4 100644
--- a/projects/ngx-mat-input-tel/package.json
+++ b/projects/ngx-mat-input-tel/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ngx-mat-input-tel",
-  "version": "18.4.0",
+  "version": "18.5.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Raphaël Balet",
     "email": "raphael.balet@outlook.com"
diff --git a/projects/ngx-mat-input-tel/src/lib/ngx-mat-input-tel.component.ts b/projects/ngx-mat-input-tel/src/lib/ngx-mat-input-tel.component.ts
index 0bb32e464..9e227751e 100644
--- a/projects/ngx-mat-input-tel/src/lib/ngx-mat-input-tel.component.ts
+++ b/projects/ngx-mat-input-tel/src/lib/ngx-mat-input-tel.component.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ import { Subject } from 'rxjs'
 import { CountryCode, Examples } from './data/country-code'
 import { Country } from './model/country.model'
 import { PhoneNumberFormat } from './model/phone-number-format.model'
-import { phoneNumberValidator } from './ngx-mat-input-tel.validator'
+import { ngxMatInputTelValidator } from './ngx-mat-input-tel.validator'
 import { SearchPipe } from './search.pipe'
 
 class ngxMatInputTelBase {
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ const _ngxMatInputTelMixinBase: typeof ngxMatInputTelBase = mixinErrorState(
     { provide: MatFormFieldControl, useExisting: NgxMatInputTelComponent },
     {
       provide: NG_VALIDATORS,
-      useValue: phoneNumberValidator,
+      useValue: ngxMatInputTelValidator,
       multi: true,
     },
   ],
diff --git a/projects/ngx-mat-input-tel/src/lib/ngx-mat-input-tel.validator.ts b/projects/ngx-mat-input-tel/src/lib/ngx-mat-input-tel.validator.ts
index bc96a7c07..01da4338d 100644
--- a/projects/ngx-mat-input-tel/src/lib/ngx-mat-input-tel.validator.ts
+++ b/projects/ngx-mat-input-tel/src/lib/ngx-mat-input-tel.validator.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { FormControl } from '@angular/forms'
 import { parsePhoneNumber, PhoneNumber } from 'libphonenumber-js'
 
-export const phoneNumberValidator = (control: FormControl) => {
+export const ngxMatInputTelValidator = (control: FormControl) => {
   const error = { validatePhoneNumber: true }
   let numberInstance: PhoneNumber
 
diff --git a/projects/ngx-mat-input-tel/src/public-api.ts b/projects/ngx-mat-input-tel/src/public-api.ts
index 710aca4ad..7fc02f0eb 100644
--- a/projects/ngx-mat-input-tel/src/public-api.ts
+++ b/projects/ngx-mat-input-tel/src/public-api.ts
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
  */
 
 export * from './lib/ngx-mat-input-tel.component'
+export * from './lib/ngx-mat-input-tel.validator'