diff --git a/app/services/activitypub/fetch_replies_service.rb b/app/services/activitypub/fetch_replies_service.rb
index 95919191f75b17..04b035a718a3fc 100644
--- a/app/services/activitypub/fetch_replies_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/activitypub/fetch_replies_service.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def call(parent_status, collection_or_uri, allow_synchronous_requests: true, req
 
     FetchReplyWorker.push_bulk(filtered_replies) { |reply_uri| [reply_uri, { 'request_id' => request_id, 'all_replies' => @all_replies }] }
     # Store last fetched all to debounce
-    @status.update(fetched_replies_at: Time.now.utc) if fetch_all_replies?
+    @status.touch(:fetched_replies_at)
 
     @items
   end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20240918233930_add_fetched_replies_at_to_status.rb b/db/migrate/20240918233930_add_fetched_replies_at_to_status.rb
index c42eff6aeb38fc..229e43d978c493 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20240918233930_add_fetched_replies_at_to_status.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20240918233930_add_fetched_replies_at_to_status.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class AddFetchedRepliesAtToStatus < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.1]
-  disable_ddl_transaction!
-
   def change
     add_column :statuses, :fetched_replies_at, :datetime, null: true
   end