diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/side_effects.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/side_effects.ex
index d552e91fc..bbff35c36 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/side_effects.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/side_effects.ex
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.SideEffects do
       {:ok, notifications} = Notification.create_notifications(activity, do_send: false)
       {:ok, _user} = ActivityPub.increase_note_count_if_public(user, object)
 
-      if in_reply_to = object.data["inReplyTo"] do
+      if in_reply_to = object.data["inReplyTo"] && object.data["type"] != "Answer" do
         Object.increase_replies_count(in_reply_to)
       end
 
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier/answer_handling_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier/answer_handling_test.exs
index 0f6605c3f..e7d85a2c5 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier/answer_handling_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier/answer_handling_test.exs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier.AnswerHandlingTest do
       })
 
     object = Object.normalize(activity)
+    assert object.data["repliesCount"] == nil
 
     data =
       File.read!("test/fixtures/mastodon-vote.json")
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier.AnswerHandlingTest do
     assert answer_object.data["inReplyTo"] == object.data["id"]
 
     new_object = Object.get_by_ap_id(object.data["id"])
-    assert new_object.data["replies_count"] == object.data["replies_count"]
+    assert new_object.data["repliesCount"] == nil
 
     assert Enum.any?(
              new_object.data["oneOf"],