diff --git a/lib/pleroma/retention.ex b/lib/pleroma/retention.ex
index c25cbd19a..9fe15d0b8 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/retention.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/retention.ex
@@ -81,11 +81,12 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Retention do
   # Invariant: every type that *adopts* another activity's context must be
   # listed, or its thread's local pins become invisible to the walk and the
   # thread gets evicted. Today only Create, Announce, Like and EmojiReact do
-  # (see Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Builder). The others carry a context of
-  # their own (or did in older data) and are listed so they get evicted
-  # rather than left behind. The regression test "keeps threads pinned by
-  # each local interaction type" guards this.
-  @context_types ~w(Create Announce Like EmojiReact Update Delete Undo Flag Listen Move)
+  # (see Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Builder), and EmojiReaction, the name
+  # EmojiReact had in older data. The others carry a context of their own (or
+  # did in older data) and are listed so they get evicted rather than left
+  # behind. The regression test "keeps threads pinned by each local
+  # interaction type" guards this.
+  @context_types ~w(Create Announce Like EmojiReact EmojiReaction Update Delete Undo Flag Listen Move)
 
   @doc """
   Runs one eviction batch using the `:retention` config and returns what was removed.
diff --git a/test/pleroma/retention_test.exs b/test/pleroma/retention_test.exs
index 2e0c7d829..e6f037d4c 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/retention_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/retention_test.exs
@@ -217,6 +217,33 @@ defmodule Pleroma.RetentionTest do
       assert Activity.get_by_id(post.id)
     end
 
+    test "keeps threads pinned by a local reaction of the legacy EmojiReaction type", %{
+      old_date: old_date
+    } do
+      remote_user = insert(:user, local: false)
+      local_user = insert(:user)
+
+      post = old_remote_post(remote_user, old_date)
+
+      Repo.insert!(%Activity{
+        data: %{
+          "id" => "#{Pleroma.Web.Endpoint.url()}/activities/#{Ecto.UUID.generate()}",
+          "type" => "EmojiReaction",
+          "actor" => local_user.ap_id,
+          "object" => post.data["object"],
+          "content" => "👍",
+          "context" => post.data["context"]
+        },
+        local: true,
+        actor: local_user.ap_id,
+        recipients: [remote_user.ap_id]
+      })
+      |> make_old(old_date)
+
+      assert %{contexts: 0} = Retention.run()
+      assert Object.get_by_ap_id(post.data["object"])
+    end
+
     test "keeps an old remote post that was reported", %{old_date: old_date} do
       remote_user = insert(:user, local: false)
       local_user = insert(:user)