diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/pleroma_api/controllers/backup_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/pleroma_api/controllers/backup_controller.ex
index 1a0548295..b9daed22b 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/pleroma_api/controllers/backup_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/pleroma_api/controllers/backup_controller.ex
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.PleromaAPI.BackupController do
   alias Pleroma.Web.Plugs.OAuthScopesPlug
 
   action_fallback(Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.FallbackController)
-  plug(OAuthScopesPlug, %{scopes: ["read:accounts"]} when action in [:index, :create])
+  plug(OAuthScopesPlug, %{scopes: ["read:backups"]} when action in [:index, :create])
   plug(Pleroma.Web.ApiSpec.CastAndValidate)
 
   defdelegate open_api_operation(action), to: Pleroma.Web.ApiSpec.PleromaBackupOperation
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/pleroma_api/controllers/backup_controller_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/pleroma_api/controllers/backup_controller_test.exs
index 3b4b1bfff..a758925b7 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/pleroma_api/controllers/backup_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/pleroma_api/controllers/backup_controller_test.exs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.PleromaAPI.BackupControllerTest do
   setup do
     clear_config([Pleroma.Upload, :uploader])
     clear_config([Backup, :limit_days])
-    oauth_access(["read:accounts"])
+    oauth_access(["read:backups"])
   end
 
   test "GET /api/v1/pleroma/backups", %{user: user, conn: conn} do
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.PleromaAPI.BackupControllerTest do
 
   test "Backup without email address" do
     user = Pleroma.Factory.insert(:user, email: nil)
-    %{conn: conn} = oauth_access(["read:accounts"], user: user)
+    %{conn: conn} = oauth_access(["read:backups"], user: user)
 
     assert is_nil(user.email)