diff --git a/control-pipeline/services/dependency_generator.py b/control-pipeline/services/dependency_generator.py
index b25cbe9..82aa761 100644
--- a/control-pipeline/services/dependency_generator.py
+++ b/control-pipeline/services/dependency_generator.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 # PHASE ORDERING (imported from ontology)
 # ============================================================================
 
-from services.control_ontology import PHASE_ORDER
+from services.control_ontology import PHASE_ORDER, get_phase, get_phase_order
 
 
 # ============================================================================
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ def generate_ontology_dependencies(controls: list[dict]) -> list[Dependency]:
         obj = parsed["normalized_object"]
         if obj:
             ctrl["_parsed_mk"] = parsed
-            ctrl["_phase_order"] = PHASE_ORDER.get(parsed["phase"], 6)
+            # Use action_type to derive phase order (more reliable than LLM phase name)
+            ctrl["_phase_order"] = get_phase_order(parsed["action_type"])
             groups[obj].append(ctrl)
 
     dependencies: list[Dependency] = []