diff --git a/app/services/activitypub/process_featured_item_service.rb b/app/services/activitypub/process_featured_item_service.rb
index c1470beeff..b9769cc037 100644
--- a/app/services/activitypub/process_featured_item_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/activitypub/process_featured_item_service.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class ActivityPub::ProcessFeaturedItemService
     @approval_uri = value_or_id(@item_json['featureAuthorization'])
     return if non_matching_uri_hosts?(@collection.uri, @item_json['id'])
     return if non_matching_actor_and_approval_uris?
+    return if non_supported_object_type?
 
     with_redis_lock("collection_item:#{@item_json['id']}") do
       @collection_item = existing_item || pre_approved_item || new_item
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ class ActivityPub::ProcessFeaturedItemService
 
   def pre_approved_item
     # This is a local account that has authorized this item already
-    local_account = ActivityPub::TagManager.instance.uris_to_local_accounts([@item_json['featuredObject']]).first
+    local_account = ActivityPub::TagManager.instance.uris_to_local_accounts([@actor_uri]).first
     @collection.collection_items.accepted_partial(local_account).first if local_account.present?
   end
 
@@ -49,12 +50,26 @@ class ActivityPub::ProcessFeaturedItemService
     )
   end
 
+  def local_actor_uri?
+    return @local_actor_uri if instance_variable_defined?(:@local_actor_uri)
+
+    @local_actor_uri = ActivityPub::TagManager.instance.local_uri?(@actor_uri)
+  end
+
   def non_matching_actor_and_approval_uris?
-    return false if ActivityPub::TagManager.instance.local_uri?(@actor_uri)
+    return false if local_actor_uri?
 
     non_matching_uri_hosts?(@actor_uri, @approval_uri)
   end
 
+  def non_supported_object_type?
+    return false if local_actor_uri?
+    return false if Account.exists?(uri: @actor_uri)
+
+    object_json = fetch_resource(@actor_uri, true)
+    (Array(object_json['type']) & ActivityPub::FetchRemoteActorService::SUPPORTED_TYPES).empty?
+  end
+
   def verify_authorization!
     ActivityPub::VerifyFeaturedItemService.new.call(@collection_item, @approval_uri, request_id: @request_id)
   rescue Mastodon::RecursionLimitExceededError, Mastodon::UnexpectedResponseError, *Mastodon::HTTP_CONNECTION_ERRORS
diff --git a/spec/services/activitypub/process_featured_item_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/activitypub/process_featured_item_service_spec.rb
index 637c06c5ac..5f071e364e 100644
--- a/spec/services/activitypub/process_featured_item_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/activitypub/process_featured_item_service_spec.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ RSpec.describe ActivityPub::ProcessFeaturedItemService do
 
   let(:collection) { Fabricate(:remote_collection, uri: 'https://other.example.com/collection/1') }
   let(:position) { 3 }
-  let(:featured_object_uri) { 'https://example.com/actor/1' }
+  let(:account) { Fabricate(:remote_account, uri: 'https://example.com/actor/1') }
+  let(:featured_object_uri) { account.uri }
   let(:feature_authorization_uri) { 'https://example.com/auth/1' }
   let(:featured_item_json) do
     {
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@ RSpec.describe ActivityPub::ProcessFeaturedItemService do
     end
 
     context 'when the actor URI does not match the approval URI' do
-      let(:featured_object_uri) { 'https://example.com/actor/1' }
       let(:feature_authorization_uri) { 'https://other.example.com/auth/1' }
 
       it 'does not create a collection item and returns `nil`' do
@@ -117,6 +117,32 @@ RSpec.describe ActivityPub::ProcessFeaturedItemService do
         expect(collection_item.reload.uri).to eq 'https://other.example.com/featured_item/1'
       end
     end
+
+    context 'when featured object is of an unsupported type' do
+      let(:hashtag_json) do
+        {
+          'id' => 'https://example.com/hashtags/people',
+          'type' => 'Hashtag',
+          'name' => '#people',
+        }
+      end
+      let(:featured_object_uri) { hashtag_json['id'] }
+
+      before do
+        stub_request(:get, featured_object_uri)
+          .to_return_json(
+            status: 200,
+            body: hashtag_json,
+            headers: { 'Content-Type' => 'application/activity+json' }
+          )
+      end
+
+      it 'does not create a collection item and returns `nil`' do
+        expect do
+          expect(subject.call(collection, object, position:)).to be_nil
+        end.to_not change(CollectionItem, :count)
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   context 'when only the id of the collection item is given' do