diff --git a/changelog.d/follow-validator.fix b/changelog.d/follow-validator.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d49932b7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/follow-validator.fix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Improve the FollowValidator to successfully incoming activities with an errant cc field.
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/accept_reject_validator.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/accept_reject_validator.ex
index d611da051..03ab83347 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/accept_reject_validator.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/accept_reject_validator.ex
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ObjectValidators.AcceptRejectValidator do
 
   defp validate_data(cng) do
     cng
-    |> validate_required([:id, :type, :actor, :to, :cc, :object])
+    |> validate_required([:id, :type, :actor, :to, :object])
     |> validate_inclusion(:type, ["Accept", "Reject"])
     |> validate_actor_presence()
     |> validate_object_presence(allowed_types: ["Follow"])
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/block_validator.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/block_validator.ex
index 0de87a27e..98340545c 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/block_validator.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/block_validator.ex
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ObjectValidators.BlockValidator do
 
   defp validate_data(cng) do
     cng
-    |> validate_required([:id, :type, :actor, :to, :cc, :object])
+    |> validate_required([:id, :type, :actor, :to, :object])
     |> validate_inclusion(:type, ["Block"])
     |> CommonValidations.validate_actor_presence()
     |> CommonValidations.validate_actor_presence(field_name: :object)
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/follow_validator.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/follow_validator.ex
index b3ca5b691..e4e97bf72 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/follow_validator.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/follow_validator.ex
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ObjectValidators.FollowValidator do
 
   defp validate_data(cng) do
     cng
-    |> validate_required([:id, :type, :actor, :to, :cc, :object])
+    |> validate_required([:id, :type, :actor, :to, :object])
     |> validate_inclusion(:type, ["Follow"])
     |> validate_inclusion(:state, ~w{pending reject accept})
     |> validate_actor_presence()
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/follow_validation_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/follow_validation_test.exs
index 371368e0e..acf6e8d8f 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/follow_validation_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/follow_validation_test.exs
@@ -22,5 +22,15 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ObjectValidators.FollowValidationTest do
     test "validates a basic follow object", %{valid_follow: valid_follow} do
       assert {:ok, _follow, []} = ObjectValidator.validate(valid_follow, [])
     end
+
+    test "supports a nil cc", %{valid_follow: valid_follow} do
+      valid_follow_with_nil_cc = Map.put(valid_follow, "cc", nil)
+      assert {:ok, _follow, []} = ObjectValidator.validate(valid_follow_with_nil_cc, [])
+    end
+
+    test "supports an empty cc", %{valid_follow: valid_follow} do
+      valid_follow_with_empty_cc = Map.put(valid_follow, "cc", [])
+      assert {:ok, _follow, []} = ObjectValidator.validate(valid_follow_with_empty_cc, [])
+    end
   end
 end