diff --git a/app/models/account_migration.rb b/app/models/account_migration.rb
index 06291c9f31d..16276158d76 100644
--- a/app/models/account_migration.rb
+++ b/app/models/account_migration.rb
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class AccountMigration < ApplicationRecord
   private
 
   def set_target_account
-    self.target_account = ResolveAccountService.new.call(acct)
+    self.target_account = ResolveAccountService.new.call(acct, skip_cache: true)
   rescue Webfinger::Error, HTTP::Error, OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError, Mastodon::Error
     # Validation will take care of it
   end