diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2241708..f73fba0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 * Fix installation form submission on NetBox v4.6.5 when form mixins return no cleaned-data value
 * Prevent the notification log creation flag from shadowing Django's translation function during email delivery
 * Use NetBox's configured `EMAIL['FROM_EMAIL']` value as the SMTP sender instead of Django's localhost fallback
+* Register the expiration event with a concrete string so NetBox 4.6 can render the notification dropdown
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/netbox_slm/__init__.py b/netbox_slm/__init__.py
index fff3279..8342845 100644
--- a/netbox_slm/__init__.py
+++ b/netbox_slm/__init__.py
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ limitations under the License.
 """
 
 from netbox.plugins import PluginConfig
-from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext, gettext_lazy as _
 
-__version__ = "1.12.3"
+__version__ = "1.12.4"
 
 
 class SLMConfig(PluginConfig):
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class SLMConfig(PluginConfig):
         from netbox.events import EVENT_TYPE_KIND_WARNING, EventType
         from netbox_slm.events import LICENSE_EXPIRING
 
-        EventType(LICENSE_EXPIRING, _("License expiring"), kind=EVENT_TYPE_KIND_WARNING).register()
+        EventType(LICENSE_EXPIRING, gettext("License expiring"), kind=EVENT_TYPE_KIND_WARNING).register()
 
         from netbox_slm import jobs  # noqa: F401
 
diff --git a/netbox_slm/tests/test_models.py b/netbox_slm/tests/test_models.py
index 67fd015..b978e4c 100644
--- a/netbox_slm/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/netbox_slm/tests/test_models.py
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ class ModelTestCase(SlmBaseTestCase):
         runner.run()
         runner.run()
 
-        self.assertEqual(1, Notification.objects.filter(user=user, object_id=license.pk).count())
+        notification = Notification.objects.get(user=user, object_id=license.pk)
+        self.assertIsInstance(str(notification.event), str)
         self.assertEqual(1, SoftwareLicenseNotificationLog.objects.filter(user=user, license=license).count())
         send_mail.assert_called_once()
         self.assertEqual("netbox@example.com", send_mail.call_args.args[2])