diff --git a/packages/better-auth/src/api/routes/forget-password.ts b/packages/better-auth/src/api/routes/forget-password.ts
index 8325654e5b..1be49d465a 100644
--- a/packages/better-auth/src/api/routes/forget-password.ts
+++ b/packages/better-auth/src/api/routes/forget-password.ts
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export const forgetPassword = createAuthEndpoint(
 		);
 		const verificationToken = generateId(24);
 		await ctx.context.internalAdapter.createVerificationValue({
-			value: user.user.id.toString(),
+			value: user.user.id,
 			identifier: `reset-password:${verificationToken}`,
 			expiresAt,
 		});