diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/record-transformer/utils/transform-phones-value.util.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/record-transformer/utils/transform-phones-value.util.ts
index 1329534d4bae..38a6d32e84e0 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/record-transformer/utils/transform-phones-value.util.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/record-transformer/utils/transform-phones-value.util.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-import {
-  isDefined,
-  parseJson,
-  removeUndefinedFields,
-} from 'twenty-shared/utils';
 import { isNonEmptyString } from '@sniptt/guards';
 import {
   CountryCallingCode,
@@ -11,6 +6,11 @@ import {
   getCountryCallingCode,
   parsePhoneNumberWithError,
 } from 'libphonenumber-js';
+import {
+  isDefined,
+  parseJson,
+  removeUndefinedFields,
+} from 'twenty-shared/utils';
 
 import {
   RecordTransformerException,
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ const validateAndInferPhoneInput = ({
     countryCode,
   });
 
-  if (isDefined(number)) {
+  if (isDefined(number) && isNonEmptyString(number)) {
     return validateAndInferMetadataFromPrimaryPhoneNumber({
       number,
       callingCode,
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/test/integration/metadata/suites/field-metadata/phone/create-one-field-metadata-phone.integration-spec.ts b/packages/twenty-server/test/integration/metadata/suites/field-metadata/phone/create-one-field-metadata-phone.integration-spec.ts
index ced900bf99c0..4add47bb25ad 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/test/integration/metadata/suites/field-metadata/phone/create-one-field-metadata-phone.integration-spec.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/test/integration/metadata/suites/field-metadata/phone/create-one-field-metadata-phone.integration-spec.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,23 @@ const SUCCESSFUL_TEST_CASES: EachTestingContext<CreatePhoneFieldMetadataTestCase
         },
       },
     },
+    {
+      title: 'create primary phone field with empty strings in payload',
+      context: {
+        input: {
+          primaryPhoneNumber: '',
+          primaryPhoneCountryCode: '' as CountryCode,
+          primaryPhoneCallingCode: '',
+          additionalPhones: null,
+        },
+        expected: {
+          primaryPhoneNumber: '',
+          primaryPhoneCountryCode: '' as CountryCode,
+          primaryPhoneCallingCode: '',
+          additionalPhones: null,
+        },
+      },
+    },
     {
       title: 'create additional phone field with number and other information',
       context: {
@@ -306,7 +323,7 @@ const FAILING_TEST_CASES: EachTestingContext<CreatePhoneFieldMetadataTestCase>[]
 describe('Phone field metadata tests suite', () => {
   let createdObjectMetadataId: string;
 
-  beforeEach(async () => {
+  beforeAll(async () => {
     const { data } = await forceCreateOneObjectMetadata({
       input: {
         nameSingular: 'myTestObject',
@@ -337,7 +354,7 @@ describe('Phone field metadata tests suite', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  afterEach(async () => {
+  afterAll(async () => {
     await deleteOneObjectMetadata({
       input: { idToDelete: createdObjectMetadataId },
     });