diff --git a/example/src/types/typeTests.ts b/example/src/types/typeTests.ts
index e8ae52ed5..12afb9608 100644
--- a/example/src/types/typeTests.ts
+++ b/example/src/types/typeTests.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   EncodedContent,
   JSContentCodec,
   ReactionCodec,
+  ReplyCodec,
   TextCodec,
   sendMessage,
 } from 'xmtp-react-native-sdk'
@@ -177,4 +178,60 @@ export const typeTests = async () => {
     // @ts-expect-error
     test: 'test',
   })
+  const supportedReplyCodecs = [...supportedCodecs, new ReplyCodec()]
+  const replyClient = await Client.createRandom<typeof supportedReplyCodecs>({
+    codecs: supportedReplyCodecs,
+  })
+
+  const replyConvo = (await replyClient.conversations.list())[0]
+  await replyConvo.send({
+    reaction: {
+      action: 'added',
+      content: '💖',
+      reference: '123',
+      schema: 'unicode',
+    },
+  })
+  await replyConvo.send({
+    reply: {
+      reference: '123',
+      content: {
+        reaction: {
+          action: 'added',
+          content: '💖',
+          reference: '123',
+          schema: 'unicode',
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  })
+  await replyConvo.send({
+    reply: {
+      reference: '123',
+      content: {
+        // @ts-expect-error
+        reaction: {
+          action: 'added',
+          content: '💖',
+          reference: '123',
+          // schema: 'unicode',
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  })
+  const replyMessages = await replyConvo.messages()
+  const replyContent = replyMessages[0].content()
+  if (typeof replyContent === 'string') {
+    //
+  } else {
+    const reply = replyContent
+    // Typecheck for reaction
+    if (typeof reply.content === 'string') {
+    } else {
+      // is a reply of some type
+      if (reply.content.text !== 'added') {
+        //
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/NativeCodecs/ReplyCodec.ts b/src/lib/NativeCodecs/ReplyCodec.ts
index 060c4244c..a3eba3a51 100644
--- a/src/lib/NativeCodecs/ReplyCodec.ts
+++ b/src/lib/NativeCodecs/ReplyCodec.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
-import { TextCodec } from './TextCodec'
 import {
   ContentTypeId,
   NativeContentCodec,
   NativeMessageContent,
 } from '../ContentCodec'
-import { DefaultContentTypes } from '../types/DefaultContentType'
 
-export type ReplyContent<
-  ContentTypes extends DefaultContentTypes = DefaultContentTypes,
-> = {
+export type ReplyContent = {
   reference: string
-  content: [...ContentTypes, TextCodec][number] | string
-  contentType: string
+  // Right now this will assume any NativeMessageContent is valid, but really should only be the supported content types
+  content: NativeMessageContent
 }
 
 export class ReplyCodec implements NativeContentCodec<ReplyContent> {
diff --git a/src/lib/types/ContentCodec.ts b/src/lib/types/ContentCodec.ts
index a869931ed..4b016bc59 100644
--- a/src/lib/types/ContentCodec.ts
+++ b/src/lib/types/ContentCodec.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ export type ReadReceiptContent = object
 
 export type ReplyContent = {
   reference: string
-  content: any
-  contentType: string
+  content: NativeMessageContent
 }
 
 export type ReactionContent = {