diff --git a/src/proto/graplinc/grapl/api/graph_mutation/v1beta1/graph_mutation.proto b/src/proto/graplinc/grapl/api/graph_mutation/v1beta1/graph_mutation.proto
index 8aa3695840..3ab9d30c94 100644
--- a/src/proto/graplinc/grapl/api/graph_mutation/v1beta1/graph_mutation.proto
+++ b/src/proto/graplinc/grapl/api/graph_mutation/v1beta1/graph_mutation.proto
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ message CreateEdgeRequest {
 message CreateEdgeResponse {
   // Indicates whether or not the update was redundant, and therefor dropped
   MutationRedundancy mutation_redundancy = 1;
+  // The reverse edge name is looked up at create-edge process time, and it's
+  // useful to propagate it across the wire back to graph-merger.
+  graplinc.grapl.common.v1beta1.EdgeName reverse_edge_name = 2;
 }
 
 // DeleteEdgeRequest holds the information necessary to create a node
diff --git a/src/rust/graph-merger/src/service.rs b/src/rust/graph-merger/src/service.rs
index 1b23059968..4f7e59f475 100644
--- a/src/rust/graph-merger/src/service.rs
+++ b/src/rust/graph-merger/src/service.rs
@@ -165,13 +165,12 @@ impl GraphMerger {
                             from_uid,
                             edge_name,
                         } = edge;
+                        let forward_edge_name = EdgeName { value: edge_name };
                         let response = self
                             .graph_mutation_client
                             .create_edge(CreateEdgeRequest {
                                 tenant_id,
-                                edge_name: EdgeName {
-                                    value: edge_name.clone(),
-                                },
+                                edge_name: forward_edge_name.clone(),
                                 from_uid,
                                 to_uid,
                                 source_node_type: NodeType {
@@ -194,12 +193,9 @@ impl GraphMerger {
                                         Update::Edge(EdgeUpdate {
                                             src_uid: from_uid,
                                             dst_uid: to_uid,
-                                            forward_edge_name: EdgeName {
-                                                value: edge_name.clone(),
-                                            },
-                                            reverse_edge_name: EdgeName {
-                                                value: edge_name.clone(),
-                                            },
+                                            forward_edge_name: forward_edge_name.clone(),
+                                            reverse_edge_name: create_edge_response
+                                                .reverse_edge_name,
                                         }),
                                     )));
                                 }
diff --git a/src/rust/graph-merger/tests/integration_test.rs b/src/rust/graph-merger/tests/integration_test.rs
index 300cc5677b..aa59909df7 100644
--- a/src/rust/graph-merger/tests/integration_test.rs
+++ b/src/rust/graph-merger/tests/integration_test.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use rust_proto::graplinc::grapl::{
     api::{
         pipeline_ingress::v1beta1::PublishRawLogRequest,
         plugin_sdk::analyzers::v1beta1::messages::{
+            EdgeUpdate,
             StringPropertyUpdate,
             UInt64PropertyUpdate,
             Update,
@@ -159,5 +160,15 @@ async fn test_sysmon_event_produces_merged_graph(ctx: &mut E2eTestContext) -> ey
         "Expected process_name update: {process_name_update:?}"
     );
 
+    let edge_update = updates.iter().find(|update| {
+        matches!(update.clone(), Update::Edge(EdgeUpdate {forward_edge_name, reverse_edge_name, ..}) if {
+            forward_edge_name.value == "children" && reverse_edge_name.value == "parent"
+        })
+    });
+    assert!(
+        edge_update.is_some(),
+        "Expected edge update: {edge_update:?}"
+    );
+
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/rust/graph-mutation/src/graph_mutation.rs b/src/rust/graph-mutation/src/graph_mutation.rs
index fe74736fca..009624f231 100644
--- a/src/rust/graph-mutation/src/graph_mutation.rs
+++ b/src/rust/graph-mutation/src/graph_mutation.rs
@@ -625,14 +625,21 @@ impl GraphMutationApi for GraphMutationManager {
             .resolve_reverse_edge(tenant_id, source_node_type.clone(), edge_name.clone())
             .await?;
 
-        self.upsert_edges(tenant_id, from_uid, to_uid, edge_name, reverse_edge_name)
-            .await?;
+        self.upsert_edges(
+            tenant_id,
+            from_uid,
+            to_uid,
+            edge_name,
+            reverse_edge_name.clone(),
+        )
+        .await?;
 
         Ok(CreateEdgeResponse {
             // todo: At this point we don't track if the update was redundant
             //       but it is always safe (albeit suboptimal) to assume that
             //       it was not.
             mutation_redundancy: MutationRedundancy::Maybe,
+            reverse_edge_name,
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/rust/rust-proto/src/graplinc/grapl/api/graph_mutation/v1beta1/messages.rs b/src/rust/rust-proto/src/graplinc/grapl/api/graph_mutation/v1beta1/messages.rs
index bb0e4fb4dd..515fb4eb49 100644
--- a/src/rust/rust-proto/src/graplinc/grapl/api/graph_mutation/v1beta1/messages.rs
+++ b/src/rust/rust-proto/src/graplinc/grapl/api/graph_mutation/v1beta1/messages.rs
@@ -194,13 +194,21 @@ impl From<CreateEdgeRequest> for CreateEdgeRequestProto {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub struct CreateEdgeResponse {
     pub mutation_redundancy: MutationRedundancy,
+    pub reverse_edge_name: EdgeName,
 }
 
 impl TryFrom<CreateEdgeResponseProto> for CreateEdgeResponse {
     type Error = SerDeError;
     fn try_from(proto: CreateEdgeResponseProto) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        let mutation_redundancy = proto.mutation_redundancy().try_into()?;
+        let reverse_edge_name = proto
+            .reverse_edge_name
+            .ok_or(SerDeError::MissingField("reverse_edge_name"))?
+            .try_into()?;
+
         Ok(Self {
-            mutation_redundancy: proto.mutation_redundancy().try_into()?,
+            mutation_redundancy,
+            reverse_edge_name,
         })
     }
 }
@@ -210,6 +218,7 @@ impl From<CreateEdgeResponse> for CreateEdgeResponseProto {
         let mutation_redundancy: MutationRedundancyProto = value.mutation_redundancy.into();
         Self {
             mutation_redundancy: mutation_redundancy as i32,
+            reverse_edge_name: Some(value.reverse_edge_name.into()),
         }
     }
 }