diff --git a/.github/actions/waffles/requirements.txt b/.github/actions/waffles/requirements.txt
index d958d266..c969b5ea 100644
--- a/.github/actions/waffles/requirements.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/waffles/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 docopt==0.6.2
 Flask==2.3.3
 markupsafe==2.1.3
-git+https://github.com/cds-snc/notifier-utils.git@52.0.10#egg=notifications-utils
+git+https://github.com/cds-snc/notifier-utils.git@52.0.11#egg=notifications-utils
diff --git a/notifications_utils/columns.py b/notifications_utils/columns.py
index c438e4ff..5f42dd35 100644
--- a/notifications_utils/columns.py
+++ b/notifications_utils/columns.py
@@ -49,9 +49,14 @@ def __init__(
         self.index = index
         self.recipient_column_headers = recipient_column_headers
         self.placeholders = placeholders
-        self.template_type = template_type
+        if template_type:
+            self.template_type = template_type
+        else:
+            self.template_type = template.template_type if template else None
         self.recipient_column_hearders_lang_check = (
-            ["email address", "adresse courriel"] if self.template_type == "email" else ["phone number", "numéro de téléphone"]
+            ["email address", "adresse courriel", "to"]
+            if self.template_type == "email"
+            else ["phone number", "numéro de téléphone", "to"]
         )
 
         if template:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 90b8f771..aa5dad59 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ include = '(notifications_utils|tests)/.*\.pyi?$'
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "notifications-utils"
-version = "52.0.10"
+version = "52.0.11"
 description = "Shared python code for Notification - Provides logging utils etc."
 authors = ["Canadian Digital Service"]
 license = "MIT license"