diff --git a/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/malli_schema.cljs b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/malli_schema.cljs
index 44c4f8ae25..70c69e6006 100644
--- a/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/malli_schema.cljs
+++ b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/malli_schema.cljs
@@ -437,9 +437,10 @@
   "A reaction entity referencing a target node"
   (vec
    [:map {:error/path ["reaction-entity"]}
+    [:block/uuid :uuid]
     [:logseq.property.reaction/emoji-id :string]
     [:logseq.property.reaction/target :int]
-    [:logseq.property/created-by-ref {:optional true} :int]
+    [:block/properties {:optional true} block-properties]
     [:block/created-at :int]
     [:block/tx-id {:optional true} :int]]))
 
diff --git a/deps/db/test/logseq/db/frontend/reaction_test.cljs b/deps/db/test/logseq/db/frontend/reaction_test.cljs
index ba72600e3f..7e3395162e 100644
--- a/deps/db/test/logseq/db/frontend/reaction_test.cljs
+++ b/deps/db/test/logseq/db/frontend/reaction_test.cljs
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
                    :blocks [{:block/title "Block"}]}]})
           block (db-test/find-block-by-content @conn "Block")
           now (common-util/time-ms)
-          reaction {:block/created-at now
+          reaction {:block/uuid (random-uuid)
+                    :block/created-at now
                     :logseq.property.reaction/emoji-id "+1"
                     :logseq.property.reaction/target (:db/id block)}]
       (d/transact! conn [reaction])