diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply.ts
index 7299dadaa..90aaf7e43 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import {
 import { normalizeMainKey } from "../routing/session-key.js";
 import { defaultRuntime } from "../runtime.js";
 import { INTERNAL_MESSAGE_PROVIDER } from "../utils/message-provider.js";
+import { isReasoningTagProvider } from "../utils/provider-utils.js";
 import { resolveCommandAuthorization } from "./command-auth.js";
 import { hasControlCommand } from "./command-detection.js";
 import {
@@ -1254,7 +1255,7 @@ export async function getReplyFromConfig(
       ownerNumbers:
         command.ownerList.length > 0 ? command.ownerList : undefined,
       extraSystemPrompt: extraSystemPrompt || undefined,
-      ...(provider === "ollama" ? { enforceFinalTag: true } : {}),
+      ...(isReasoningTagProvider(provider) ? { enforceFinalTag: true } : {}),
     },
   };