diff --git a/app/email_utils.py b/app/email_utils.py
index a899ad5f..31fc8f57 100644
--- a/app/email_utils.py
+++ b/app/email_utils.py
@@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@ def generate_verp_email(
     # Encoded as a list to minimize size of email address
     # Time is in minutes granularity and start counting on 2022-01-01 to reduce bytes to represent time
     data = [
-        verp_type.bounce_forward.value,
+        verp_type.value,
         object_id,
         int((time.time() - VERP_TIME_START) / 60),
     ]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9a2176c0..57b585b6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ tldextract = "^3.1.2"
 flask-debugtoolbar-sqlalchemy = "^0.2.0"
 twilio = "^7.3.2"
 Deprecated = "^1.2.13"
+cryptography = "37.0.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 pytest = "^7.0.0"
diff --git a/tests/test_email_utils.py b/tests/test_email_utils.py
index 513ddb2c..a1207b36 100644
--- a/tests/test_email_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_email_utils.py
@@ -754,6 +754,19 @@ def test_generate_verp_email(object_id):
     assert info[1] == object_id
 
 
+def test_generate_verp_email_forward_reply_phase():
+    """make sure the verp type is taken into account in verp generation"""
+    for phase in [
+        VerpType.bounce_forward,
+        VerpType.bounce_reply,
+        VerpType.transactional,
+    ]:
+        verp = generate_verp_email(phase, 100)
+        verp_info = get_verp_info_from_email(verp)
+        assert verp_info[0] == phase
+        assert verp_info[1] == 100
+
+
 def test_add_header_multipart_with_invalid_part():
     msg = load_eml_file("multipart_alternative.eml")
     parts = msg.get_payload() + ["invalid"]