diff --git a/packages/backend/package.json b/packages/backend/package.json
index 4a9560e833..bb60eff05b 100644
--- a/packages/backend/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend/package.json
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
 		"ajv": "8.17.1",
 		"archiver": "7.0.1",
 		"argon2": "^0.40.1",
+		"axios": "1.7.4",
 		"async-mutex": "0.5.0",
 		"bcryptjs": "2.4.3",
 		"blurhash": "2.0.5",
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/server/api/mastodon/MastodonLogger.ts b/packages/backend/src/server/api/mastodon/MastodonLogger.ts
index 5b4070eae9..85df66a23c 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/server/api/mastodon/MastodonLogger.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/server/api/mastodon/MastodonLogger.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { isAxiosError } from 'axios';
 import type Logger from '@/logger.js';
 import { LoggerService } from '@/core/LoggerService.js';
 import { ApiError } from '@/server/api/error.js';
@@ -59,14 +60,14 @@ export function getErrorException(error: unknown): Error | null {
 	}
 
 	// AxiosErrors need special decoding
-	if (error.name === 'AxiosError') {
+	if (isAxiosError(error)) {
 		// Axios errors with a response are from the remote
-		if ('response' in error && error.response && typeof (error.response) === 'object') {
+		if (error.response) {
 			return null;
 		}
 
 		// This is the inner exception, basically
-		if ('cause' in error && error.cause instanceof Error) {
+		if (error.cause && !isAxiosError(error.cause)) {
 			return error.cause;
 		}
 
@@ -131,9 +132,9 @@ export function getErrorData(error: unknown): MastodonError {
 }
 
 function unpackAxiosError(error: unknown): unknown {
-	if (error && typeof(error) === 'object') {
-		if ('response' in error && error.response && typeof (error.response) === 'object') {
-			if ('data' in error.response && error.response.data && typeof (error.response.data) === 'object') {
+	if (isAxiosError(error)) {
+		if (error.response) {
+			if (error.response.data) {
 				if ('error' in error.response.data && error.response.data.error && typeof(error.response.data.error) === 'object') {
 					return error.response.data.error;
 				}
@@ -145,14 +146,12 @@ function unpackAxiosError(error: unknown): unknown {
 			return undefined;
 		}
 
-		if (error instanceof Error && error.name === 'AxiosError') {
-			if ('cause' in error) {
-				return error.cause;
-			}
-
-			// No data - this is a fallback to avoid leaking request/response details in the error
-			return String(error);
+		if (error.cause && !isAxiosError(error.cause)) {
+			return error.cause;
 		}
+
+		// No data - this is a fallback to avoid leaking request/response details in the error
+		return String(error);
 	}
 
 	return error;
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 4eb78db1b5..ed31b44e1e 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ importers:
       async-mutex:
         specifier: 0.5.0
         version: 0.5.0
+      axios:
+        specifier: 1.7.4
+        version: 1.7.4
       bcryptjs:
         specifier: 2.4.3
         version: 2.4.3
@@ -6417,15 +6420,6 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-Be3narBNt2s6bsaqP6Jzq91heDgOEaDCJAXcE3qcma/EJBSy5FB4cvO31XBInuAuKBx8Kptf8dkhjK0IOru39Q==}
     engines: {node: '>=18'}
 
-  follow-redirects@1.15.2:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-VQLG33o04KaQ8uYi2tVNbdrWp1QWxNNea+nmIB4EVM28v0hmP17z7aG1+wAkNzVq4KeXTq3221ye5qTJP91JwA==}
-    engines: {node: '>=4.0'}
-    peerDependencies:
-      debug: '*'
-    peerDependenciesMeta:
-      debug:
-        optional: true
-
   follow-redirects@1.15.9:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-gew4GsXizNgdoRyqmyfMHyAmXsZDk6mHkSxZFCzW9gwlbtOW44CDtYavM+y+72qD/Vq2l550kMF52DT8fOLJqQ==}
     engines: {node: '>=4.0'}
@@ -15329,7 +15323,7 @@ snapshots:
 
   axios@0.24.0:
     dependencies:
-      follow-redirects: 1.15.2
+      follow-redirects: 1.15.9(debug@4.4.0)
     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - debug
 
@@ -17251,8 +17245,6 @@ snapshots:
       async: 0.2.10
       which: 1.3.1
 
-  follow-redirects@1.15.2: {}
-
   follow-redirects@1.15.9(debug@4.4.0):
     optionalDependencies:
       debug: 4.4.0(supports-color@8.1.1)