diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Middleware/TrimStrings.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Middleware/TrimStrings.php
index f5ad195b0325..b82bdbfa8127 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Middleware/TrimStrings.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Middleware/TrimStrings.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use Closure;
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 
 class TrimStrings extends TransformsRequest
 {
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ protected function transform($key, $value)
             return $value;
         }
 
-        return preg_replace('~^[\s\x{FEFF}\x{200B}]+|[\s\x{FEFF}\x{200B}]+$~u', '', $value) ?? trim($value);
+        return Str::trim($value);
     }
 
     /**