diff --git a/changelog.d/handle_object_fetch_failures.change b/changelog.d/handle_object_fetch_failures.change
index e115c8012..ae44e6f4b 100644
--- a/changelog.d/handle_object_fetch_failures.change
+++ b/changelog.d/handle_object_fetch_failures.change
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Remote object fetch failures will prevent the object fetch job from retrying if the object request returns 403, 404, 410, or exceeds the maximum thread depth.
+Remote object fetch failures will prevent the object fetch job from retrying if the object request returns 401, 403, 404, 410, or exceeds the maximum thread depth.
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/object/fetcher.ex b/lib/pleroma/object/fetcher.ex
index 972dfaf28..af5642af4 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/object/fetcher.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/object/fetcher.ex
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Object.Fetcher do
             {:error, {:content_type, nil}}
         end
 
-      {:ok, %{status: 403}} ->
+      {:ok, %{status: code}} when code in [401, 403] ->
         {:error, :forbidden}
 
       {:ok, %{status: code}} when code in [404, 410] ->