diff --git a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Controllers/Web/EmojiController.cs b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Controllers/Web/EmojiController.cs
index efe30d7b..45872faa 100644
--- a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Controllers/Web/EmojiController.cs
+++ b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Controllers/Web/EmojiController.cs
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ public class EmojiController(
 	[Authorize("role:moderator")]
 	[Consumes(MediaTypeNames.Application.Json)]
 	[ProducesResults(HttpStatusCode.OK)]
-	[ProducesErrors(HttpStatusCode.NotFound)]
+	[ProducesErrors(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, HttpStatusCode.NotFound)]
 	public async Task<EmojiResponse> UpdateEmoji(string id, UpdateEmojiRequest request)
 	{
 		var emoji = await emojiSvc.UpdateLocalEmojiAsync(id, request.Name, request.Tags, request.Category,
diff --git a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/EmojiService.cs b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/EmojiService.cs
index 882300cd..53fdf2ad 100644
--- a/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/EmojiService.cs
+++ b/Iceshrimp.Backend/Core/Services/EmojiService.cs
@@ -229,7 +229,19 @@ public partial class EmojiService(
 	{
 		var emoji = await db.Emojis.FirstOrDefaultAsync(p => p.Id == id);
 		if (emoji == null) return null;
-		if (emoji.Host != null) return null;
+
+		if (emoji.Host != null)
+		{
+			// Only allow changing remote emoji sensitive status
+			if (!sensitive.HasValue)
+				throw GracefulException.BadRequest("Only sensitive can be updated on remote emojis");
+
+			emoji.Sensitive = sensitive.Value;
+			emoji.UpdatedAt = DateTime.UtcNow;
+			await db.SaveChangesAsync();
+
+			return emoji;
+		}
 
 		emoji.UpdatedAt = DateTime.UtcNow;