diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/recaptcha/EnterpriseRecaptchaClient.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/recaptcha/EnterpriseRecaptchaClient.java
index 32a09fa0f..6bb5416b2 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/recaptcha/EnterpriseRecaptchaClient.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/recaptcha/EnterpriseRecaptchaClient.java
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ import com.google.cloud.recaptchaenterprise.v1.RecaptchaEnterpriseServiceClient;
 import com.google.cloud.recaptchaenterprise.v1.RecaptchaEnterpriseServiceSettings;
 import com.google.recaptchaenterprise.v1.Assessment;
 import com.google.recaptchaenterprise.v1.Event;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Objects;
-import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 public class EnterpriseRecaptchaClient implements RecaptchaClient {
   private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(EnterpriseRecaptchaClient.class);
@@ -47,12 +48,20 @@ public class EnterpriseRecaptchaClient implements RecaptchaClient {
 
   @Override
   public boolean verify(final String token, final String ip) {
-    Event event = Event.newBuilder()
-        .setExpectedAction("challenge")
+    return verify(token, ip, null);
+  }
+
+  public boolean verify(final String token, final String ip, @Nullable final String expectedAction) {
+    Event.Builder eventBuilder = Event.newBuilder()
         .setSiteKey(siteKey)
         .setToken(token)
-        .setUserIpAddress(ip)
-        .build();
+        .setUserIpAddress(ip);
+
+    if (expectedAction != null) {
+      eventBuilder.setExpectedAction(expectedAction);
+    }
+
+    final Event event = eventBuilder.build();
     final Assessment assessment = client.createAssessment(projectPath, Assessment.newBuilder().setEvent(event).build());
 
     return assessment.getTokenProperties().getValid() && assessment.getRiskAnalysis().getScore() >= scoreFloor;
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/recaptcha/TransitionalRecaptchaClient.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/recaptcha/TransitionalRecaptchaClient.java
index 9def44cb9..4ca8a8158 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/recaptcha/TransitionalRecaptchaClient.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/recaptcha/TransitionalRecaptchaClient.java
@@ -5,12 +5,16 @@
 
 package org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.recaptcha;
 
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 
 public class TransitionalRecaptchaClient implements RecaptchaClient {
 
-  private static final String V2_PREFIX = "signal-recaptcha-v2:";
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  static final String SEPARATOR = ".";
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  static final String V2_PREFIX = "signal-recaptcha-v2" + SEPARATOR;
 
   private final LegacyRecaptchaClient legacyRecaptchaClient;
   private final EnterpriseRecaptchaClient enterpriseRecaptchaClient;
@@ -25,9 +29,28 @@ public class TransitionalRecaptchaClient implements RecaptchaClient {
   @Override
   public boolean verify(@Nonnull final String token, @Nonnull final String ip) {
     if (token.startsWith(V2_PREFIX)) {
-      return enterpriseRecaptchaClient.verify(token.substring(V2_PREFIX.length()), ip);
+      final String[] actionAndToken = parseV2ActionAndToken(token.substring(V2_PREFIX.length()));
+      return enterpriseRecaptchaClient.verify(actionAndToken[1], ip, actionAndToken[0]);
     } else {
       return legacyRecaptchaClient.verify(token, ip);
     }
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Parses the token and action (if any) from {@code input}. The expected input format is: {@code [action:]token}.
+   * <p>
+   * For action to be optional, there is a strong assumption that the token will never contain a {@value  SEPARATOR}.
+   * Observation suggests {@code token} is base-64 encoded. In practice, an action should always be present, but we
+   * don’t need to be strict.
+   */
+  static String[] parseV2ActionAndToken(final String input) {
+    String[] actionAndToken = input.split("\\" + SEPARATOR, 2);
+
+    if (actionAndToken.length == 1) {
+      // there was no ":" delimiter; assume we only have a token
+      return new String[]{null, actionAndToken[0]};
+    }
+
+    return actionAndToken;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/recaptcha/TransitionalRecaptchaClientTest.java b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/recaptcha/TransitionalRecaptchaClientTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e2862da9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/recaptcha/TransitionalRecaptchaClientTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 Signal Messenger, LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+package org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.recaptcha;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoInteractions;
+import static org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.recaptcha.TransitionalRecaptchaClient.SEPARATOR;
+
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
+
+class TransitionalRecaptchaClientTest {
+
+  private TransitionalRecaptchaClient transitionalRecaptchaClient;
+  private EnterpriseRecaptchaClient enterpriseRecaptchaClient;
+  private LegacyRecaptchaClient legacyRecaptchaClient;
+
+  private static final String PREFIX = TransitionalRecaptchaClient.V2_PREFIX.substring(0,
+      TransitionalRecaptchaClient.V2_PREFIX.lastIndexOf(SEPARATOR));
+  private static final String TOKEN = "some-token";
+  private static final String IP_ADDRESS = "127.0.0.1";
+
+  @BeforeEach
+  void setup() {
+    enterpriseRecaptchaClient = mock(EnterpriseRecaptchaClient.class);
+    legacyRecaptchaClient = mock(LegacyRecaptchaClient.class);
+    transitionalRecaptchaClient = new TransitionalRecaptchaClient(legacyRecaptchaClient, enterpriseRecaptchaClient);
+  }
+
+  @ParameterizedTest
+  @MethodSource
+  void testVerify(final String inputToken, final boolean expectLegacy, final String expectedToken,
+      final String expectedAction) {
+
+    transitionalRecaptchaClient.verify(inputToken, IP_ADDRESS);
+
+    if (expectLegacy) {
+      verifyNoInteractions(enterpriseRecaptchaClient);
+      verify(legacyRecaptchaClient).verify(expectedToken, IP_ADDRESS);
+    } else {
+      verifyNoInteractions(legacyRecaptchaClient);
+      verify(enterpriseRecaptchaClient).verify(expectedToken, IP_ADDRESS, expectedAction);
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  static Stream<Arguments> testVerify() {
+    return Stream.of(
+        Arguments.of(
+            TOKEN,
+            true,
+            TOKEN,
+            null),
+        Arguments.of(
+            String.join(SEPARATOR, PREFIX, TOKEN),
+            false,
+            TOKEN,
+            null),
+        Arguments.of(
+            String.join(SEPARATOR, PREFIX, "an-action", TOKEN),
+            false,
+            TOKEN,
+            "an-action"),
+        Arguments.of(
+            String.join(SEPARATOR, PREFIX, "an-action", TOKEN, "something-else"),
+            false,
+            TOKEN + SEPARATOR + "something-else",
+            "an-action")
+    );
+  }
+
+}