diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Middleware/TrimStrings.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Middleware/TrimStrings.php
index 15f5620a4e85..14ac28f50873 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Middleware/TrimStrings.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Middleware/TrimStrings.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ protected function transform($key, $value)
             return $value;
         }
 
-        return preg_replace('~^[\s​]+|[\s​]+$~u', '', $value) ?? trim($value);
+        return preg_replace('~^[\s\x{FEFF}\x{200B}]+|[\s\x{FEFF}\x{200B}]+$~u', '', $value) ?? trim($value);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Support/Str.php b/src/Illuminate/Support/Str.php
index 8b23bfad5edb..5bc854dc67a5 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Support/Str.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Support/Str.php
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ public static function snake($value, $delimiter = '_')
      */
     public static function squish($value)
     {
-        return preg_replace('~(\s|\x{3164})+~u', ' ', preg_replace('~^[\s]+|[\s]+$~u', '', $value));
+        return preg_replace('~(\s|\x{3164})+~u', ' ', preg_replace('~^[\s\x{FEFF}]+|[\s\x{FEFF}]+$~u', '', $value));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Http/Middleware/TrimStringsTest.php b/tests/Http/Middleware/TrimStringsTest.php
index 0a7e3bcf7903..cbc4109c5d02 100644
--- a/tests/Http/Middleware/TrimStringsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Http/Middleware/TrimStringsTest.php
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ public function test_no_zero_width_space_character_returns_the_same_string()
         $request = new Request;
 
         $request->merge([
-            'title' => 'This title does not contains any zero-width space',
+            'title' => 'This title does not contain any zero-width space',
         ]);
 
         $middleware = new TrimStrings;
 
         $middleware->handle($request, function ($req) {
-            $this->assertEquals('This title does not contains any zero-width space', $req->title);
+            $this->assertEquals('This title does not contain any zero-width space', $req->title);
         });
     }
 
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ public function test_leading_zero_width_space_character_is_trimmed()
         $request = new Request;
 
         $request->merge([
-            'title' => '​This title contains a zero-width space at the begining',
+            'title' => '​This title contains a zero-width space at the beginning',
         ]);
 
         $middleware = new TrimStrings;
 
         $middleware->handle($request, function ($req) {
-            $this->assertEquals('This title contains a zero-width space at the begining', $req->title);
+            $this->assertEquals('This title contains a zero-width space at the beginning', $req->title);
         });
     }
 
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ public function test_leading_zero_width_non_breakable_space_character_is_trimmed
         $request = new Request;
 
         $request->merge([
-            'title' => 'This title contains a zero-width non-breakable space at the begining',
+            'title' => 'This title contains a zero-width non-breakable space at the beginning',
         ]);
 
         $middleware = new TrimStrings;
 
         $middleware->handle($request, function ($req) {
-            $this->assertEquals('This title contains a zero-width non-breakable space at the begining', $req->title);
+            $this->assertEquals('This title contains a zero-width non-breakable space at the beginning', $req->title);
         });
     }
 
@@ -88,13 +88,13 @@ public function test_leading_multiple_zero_width_non_breakable_space_characters_
         $request = new Request;
 
         $request->merge([
-            'title' => 'This title contains a zero-width non-breakable space at the begining',
+            'title' => 'This title contains a zero-width non-breakable space at the beginning',
         ]);
 
         $middleware = new TrimStrings;
 
         $middleware->handle($request, function ($req) {
-            $this->assertEquals('This title contains a zero-width non-breakable space at the begining', $req->title);
+            $this->assertEquals('This title contains a zero-width non-breakable space at the beginning', $req->title);
         });
     }
 
@@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ public function test_combination_of_leading_and_trailing_zero_width_non_breakabl
         $request = new Request;
 
         $request->merge([
-            'title' => '​This title contains a combination of zero-width non-breakable space and zero-width spaces characters at the begining and the end​',
+            'title' => '​This title contains a combination of zero-width non-breakable space and zero-width spaces characters at the beginning and the end​',
         ]);
 
         $middleware = new TrimStrings;
 
         $middleware->handle($request, function ($req) {
-            $this->assertEquals('This title contains a combination of zero-width non-breakable space and zero-width spaces characters at the begining and the end', $req->title);
+            $this->assertEquals('This title contains a combination of zero-width non-breakable space and zero-width spaces characters at the beginning and the end', $req->title);
         });
     }
 }