diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9cce5fff5f..bbaab3e146 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4747,7 +4747,7 @@ checksum = "830b246a0e5f20af87141b25c173cd1b609bd7779a4617d6ec582abaf90870f3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nym-api"
-version = "1.1.51"
+version = "1.1.52"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/service-providers/authenticator/src/mixnet_listener.rs b/service-providers/authenticator/src/mixnet_listener.rs
index 2ebb39b2c7..d88a1185c5 100644
--- a/service-providers/authenticator/src/mixnet_listener.rs
+++ b/service-providers/authenticator/src/mixnet_listener.rs
@@ -928,6 +928,17 @@ fn deserialize_request(reconstructed: &ReconstructedMessage) -> Result<Authentic
                 Err(AuthenticatorError::InvalidPacketType(request_type))
             }
         }
+        [5, request_type] => {
+            if request_type == ServiceProviderType::Authenticator as u8 {
+                v5::request::AuthenticatorRequest::from_reconstructed_message(reconstructed)
+                    .map_err(|err| AuthenticatorError::FailedToDeserializeTaggedPacket {
+                        source: err,
+                    })
+                    .map(Into::into)
+            } else {
+                Err(AuthenticatorError::InvalidPacketType(request_type))
+            }
+        }
         [version, _] => {
             log::info!("Received packet with invalid version: v{version}");
             Err(AuthenticatorError::InvalidPacketVersion(version))