diff --git a/app/controllers/api/account.php b/app/controllers/api/account.php
index 5377d60821..26a1069b8c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/account.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/account.php
@@ -2448,7 +2448,7 @@ App::post('/v1/account/verification/phone')
         $dbForProject->deleteCachedDocument('users', $user->getId());
 
         $message = Template::fromFile(__DIR__ . '/../../config/locale/templates/sms-base.tpl');
-        $message = $message->setParam('token', $secret);
+        $message = $message->setParam('{{token}}', $secret);
         $message = $message->render();
 
         $messaging