diff --git a/internal/controller/stages/verification.go b/internal/controller/stages/verification.go
index 49a72222f..568ab2304 100644
--- a/internal/controller/stages/verification.go
+++ b/internal/controller/stages/verification.go
@@ -396,13 +396,12 @@ func (r *reconciler) buildAnalysisRun(
 	lbls[kargoapi.StageLabelKey] = stage.Name
 	lbls[kargoapi.FreightLabelKey] = stage.Status.CurrentFreight.Name
 
-	// Check if the AnalysisRun is triggered manually (e.g. reverification).
-	// We can determine it by checking existence of Reverify key in annotations.
-	if _, ok := stage.GetAnnotations()[kargoapi.AnnotationKeyReverify]; ok {
-		// Add Actor who triggered the reverification to the annotations (if exists).
-		if actor, ok := stage.GetAnnotations()[kargoapi.AnnotationKeyReverifyActor]; ok {
-			annotations[kargoapi.AnnotationKeyReverifyActor] = actor
-		}
+	// Check if the AnalysisRun is triggered manually.
+	// When the promotion controller requests re-verification for the re-promotion,
+	// there should be no Reverify Actor key in annotations. However, if the re-verification
+	// is requested by the user, the Reverify Actor key should be added to annotations.
+	if actor, ok := stage.GetAnnotations()[kargoapi.AnnotationKeyReverifyActor]; ok {
+		annotations[kargoapi.AnnotationKeyReverifyActor] = actor
 	} else {
 		// Add Promotion name if the AnalysisRun is triggered by Promotion.
 		if stage.Status.LastPromotion != nil {
diff --git a/internal/controller/stages/verification_test.go b/internal/controller/stages/verification_test.go
index 53df10f73..20ecd87f1 100644
--- a/internal/controller/stages/verification_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/stages/verification_test.go
@@ -1204,12 +1204,13 @@ func TestBuildAnalysisRun(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name:       "Set promotion name only if AnalysisRun is a part of the promotion",
+			name:       "Set actor annotation only if the user triggers re-verification",
 			reconciler: &reconciler{},
 			stage: &kargoapi.Stage{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Annotations: map[string]string{
-						kargoapi.AnnotationKeyReverify: "fake-id",
+						kargoapi.AnnotationKeyReverify:      "fake-id",
+						kargoapi.AnnotationKeyReverifyActor: "fake-user",
 					},
 				},
 				Spec: &kargoapi.StageSpec{
@@ -1236,6 +1237,42 @@ func TestBuildAnalysisRun(t *testing.T) {
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 				require.NotNil(t, ar)
 				require.NotContains(t, ar.Labels, kargoapi.PromotionLabelKey)
+				require.Equal(t, "fake-user", ar.Annotations[kargoapi.AnnotationKeyReverifyActor])
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "Set promotion name only if the controlplane components trigger re-verification",
+			reconciler: &reconciler{},
+			stage: &kargoapi.Stage{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Annotations: map[string]string{
+						kargoapi.AnnotationKeyReverify: "fake-id",
+					},
+				},
+				Spec: &kargoapi.StageSpec{
+					Verification: &kargoapi.Verification{},
+				},
+				Status: kargoapi.StageStatus{
+					CurrentFreight: &kargoapi.FreightReference{Name: "fake-id"},
+					LastPromotion: &kargoapi.PromotionInfo{
+						Name: "fake-id",
+						Status: &kargoapi.PromotionStatus{
+							Phase: kargoapi.PromotionPhaseSucceeded,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			freight: freight,
+			assertions: func(
+				t *testing.T,
+				_ *kargoapi.Stage,
+				_ []*rollouts.AnalysisTemplate,
+				ar *rollouts.AnalysisRun,
+				err error,
+			) {
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				require.NotNil(t, ar)
+				require.Contains(t, ar.Labels, kargoapi.PromotionLabelKey)
 			},
 		},
 	}