diff --git a/apps/backend/src/route-handlers/verification-code-handler.tsx b/apps/backend/src/route-handlers/verification-code-handler.tsx
index 8a0508c3d..0fdc87857 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/route-handlers/verification-code-handler.tsx
+++ b/apps/backend/src/route-handlers/verification-code-handler.tsx
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export function createVerificationCodeHandler<
         code: yupString().required(),
       // we cast to undefined as a typehack because the types are a bit icky
       // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition
-      }).concat((verifyOnly ? null : options.requestBody) as undefined ?? yupObject({})).required(),
+      }).concat((verifyOnly ? undefined : options.requestBody) ?? yupObject({})).required(),
     }),
     response: verifyOnly ? yupObject({
       statusCode: yupNumber().oneOf([200]).required(),
diff --git a/packages/stack-shared/src/interface/clientInterface.ts b/packages/stack-shared/src/interface/clientInterface.ts
index ae230fbab..b8e3de656 100644
--- a/packages/stack-shared/src/interface/clientInterface.ts
+++ b/packages/stack-shared/src/interface/clientInterface.ts
@@ -445,16 +445,19 @@ export class StackClientInterface {
   }
 
   async resetPassword(
-    options: { code: string } & ({ password: string } | { onlyVerifyCode: boolean })
+    options: { code: string } & ({ password: string } | { onlyVerifyCode: true })
   ): Promise<KnownErrors["VerificationCodeError"] | undefined> {
     const res = await this.sendClientRequestAndCatchKnownError(
-      "/auth/password/reset",
+      "onlyVerifyCode" in options ? "/auth/password/reset/check-code" : "/auth/password/reset",
       {
         method: "POST",
         headers: {
           "Content-Type": "application/json"
         },
-        body: JSON.stringify(options),
+        body: JSON.stringify({
+          code: options.code,
+          ...("password" in options ? { password: options.password } : {}),
+        }),
       },
       null,
       [KnownErrors.VerificationCodeError]