diff --git a/.changeset/popular-mails-jam.md b/.changeset/popular-mails-jam.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7fce08dcca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/popular-mails-jam.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@clerk/shared': patch
+---
+
+Updates error handling check within isEmailLinkError to fix issue where email link errors were not properly returning true.
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/error.ts b/packages/shared/src/error.ts
index 3720811d228..7b58b9fa46a 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/error.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/error.ts
@@ -201,12 +201,13 @@ export class EmailLinkError extends Error {
   constructor(code: string) {
     super(code);
     this.code = code;
+    this.name = 'EmailLinkError' as const;
     Object.setPrototypeOf(this, EmailLinkError.prototype);
   }
 }
 
 export function isEmailLinkError(err: Error): err is EmailLinkError {
-  return err instanceof EmailLinkError;
+  return err.name === 'EmailLinkError';
 }
 
 export const EmailLinkErrorCode = {