diff --git a/social/mastodon/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/dimension/flare/data/network/mastodon/api/model/MastodonPaging.kt b/social/mastodon/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/dimension/flare/data/network/mastodon/api/model/MastodonPaging.kt
index a4ef9a1665..a786e6ee7a 100644
--- a/social/mastodon/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/dimension/flare/data/network/mastodon/api/model/MastodonPaging.kt
+++ b/social/mastodon/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/dimension/flare/data/network/mastodon/api/model/MastodonPaging.kt
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ import io.ktor.client.statement.HttpResponse
 import io.ktor.client.statement.bodyAsText
 import io.ktor.util.reflect.serializer
 import io.ktor.utils.io.InternalAPI
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
 import kotlinx.serialization.builtins.ListSerializer
 
+// Ktorfit reads T at runtime; serialization's consumer rule retains its signature under R8.
+@Serializable
 internal class MastodonPaging<T>(
     private val data: List<T>,
     val next: String? = null,