diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a395be4..9067e0f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
   * `getTimestampHex()`
   * `getVariant()`
   * `getVersion()`
+* Remove the following deprecated constants:
+  * `Ramsey\Uuid\Uuid::VALID_PATTERN`
 * Remove dependency on ramsey/collection package.
 
 
diff --git a/src/Uuid.php b/src/Uuid.php
index d17e0e6..a702e44 100644
--- a/src/Uuid.php
+++ b/src/Uuid.php
@@ -80,11 +80,6 @@ class Uuid implements Rfc4122UuidInterface
      */
     public const NIL = '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000';
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated Use {@see ValidatorInterface::getPattern()} instead.
-     */
-    public const VALID_PATTERN = '^[0-9A-Fa-f]{8}-[0-9A-Fa-f]{4}-[0-9A-Fa-f]{4}-[0-9A-Fa-f]{4}-[0-9A-Fa-f]{12}$';
-
     /**
      * Version 1 (time-based) UUID
      *
diff --git a/tests/ExpectedBehaviorTest.php b/tests/ExpectedBehaviorTest.php
index 4b360dc..002650e 100644
--- a/tests/ExpectedBehaviorTest.php
+++ b/tests/ExpectedBehaviorTest.php
@@ -549,12 +549,15 @@ class ExpectedBehaviorTest extends TestCase
     /**
      * @dataProvider provideUuidConstantTests
      */
-    public function testUuidConstants($constantName, $expected)
+    public function testUuidConstants(string $constantName, int | string $expected): void
     {
         $this->assertSame($expected, constant("Ramsey\\Uuid\\Uuid::{$constantName}"));
     }
 
-    public function provideUuidConstantTests()
+    /**
+     * @return array<array{string, int | string}>
+     */
+    public function provideUuidConstantTests(): array
     {
         return [
             ['NAMESPACE_DNS', '6ba7b810-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8'],
@@ -562,7 +565,6 @@ class ExpectedBehaviorTest extends TestCase
             ['NAMESPACE_OID', '6ba7b812-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8'],
             ['NAMESPACE_X500', '6ba7b814-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8'],
             ['NIL', '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000'],
-            ['VALID_PATTERN', '^[0-9A-Fa-f]{8}-[0-9A-Fa-f]{4}-[0-9A-Fa-f]{4}-[0-9A-Fa-f]{4}-[0-9A-Fa-f]{12}$'],
             ['UUID_TYPE_TIME', 1],
             ['UUID_TYPE_IDENTIFIER', 2],
             ['UUID_TYPE_HASH_MD5', 3],