diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 408c988..6018521 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -2643,11 +2643,11 @@
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         {
             "name": "phpstan/phpstan",
-            "version": "2.1.33",
+            "version": "2.2.2",
             "dist": {
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-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/phpstan/phpstan/zipball/9e800e6bee7d5bd02784d4c6069b48032d16224f",
-                "reference": "9e800e6bee7d5bd02784d4c6069b48032d16224f",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/phpstan/phpstan/zipball/e5cc34d491a90e79c216d824f60fe21fd4d93bd6",
+                "reference": "e5cc34d491a90e79c216d824f60fe21fd4d93bd6",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -2670,6 +2670,17 @@
             "license": [
                 "MIT"
             ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Ondřej Mirtes"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Markus Staab"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Vincent Langlet"
+                }
+            ],
             "description": "PHPStan - PHP Static Analysis Tool",
             "keywords": [
                 "dev",
@@ -2692,7 +2703,7 @@
                     "type": "github"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2025-12-05T10:24:31+00:00"
+            "time": "2026-06-05T09:00:01+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "phpstan/phpstan-mockery",
diff --git a/src/Uuid.php b/src/Uuid.php
index 0f05bbf..59d4ef5 100644
--- a/src/Uuid.php
+++ b/src/Uuid.php
@@ -491,9 +491,6 @@ class Uuid implements UuidInterface
         $uuid = strtolower($uuid);
         /** @phpstan-ignore impure.staticPropertyAccess, possiblyImpure.functionCall */
         if (!self::$factoryReplaced && preg_match(LazyUuidFromString::VALID_REGEX, $uuid) === 1) {
-            /** @phpstan-ignore possiblyImpure.functionCall */
-            assert($uuid !== '');
-
             /** @phpstan-ignore possiblyImpure.new */
             return new LazyUuidFromString($uuid);
         }