diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a1ae9cb6..bab6c2580 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Checking activated Upload Filters for required commands.
 - Remote users can no longer reappear after being deleted.
 - Deactivated users may now be deleted.
+- Deleting an activity with a lot of likes/boosts no longer causes a database timeout.
 - Mix task `pleroma.database prune_objects`
 - Fixed rendering of JSON errors on ActivityPub endpoints.
 - Linkify: Parsing crash with URLs ending in unbalanced closed paren, no path separator, and no query parameters
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/activity.ex b/lib/pleroma/activity.ex
index 6a991c48e..b88f74f47 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/activity.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/activity.ex
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Activity do
     |> Queries.by_object_id()
     |> Queries.exclude_type("Delete")
     |> select([u], u)
-    |> Repo.delete_all()
+    |> Repo.delete_all(timeout: :infinity)
     |> elem(1)
     |> Enum.find(fn
       %{data: %{"type" => "Create", "object" => ap_id}} when is_binary(ap_id) -> ap_id == id