diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/data/migrations/versions/5.100/2024-11-05-14-48-08-add-comments-in-reply-to-id.js b/ghost/core/core/server/data/migrations/versions/5.100/2024-11-05-14-48-08-add-comments-in-reply-to-id.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2538ef425735
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/data/migrations/versions/5.100/2024-11-05-14-48-08-add-comments-in-reply-to-id.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+const {createAddColumnMigration} = require('../../utils');
+
+module.exports = createAddColumnMigration('comments', 'in_reply_to_id', {
+    type: 'string',
+    maxlength: 24,
+    nullable: true,
+    unique: false,
+    references: 'comments.id',
+    setNullDelete: true
+});
diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/data/schema/schema.js b/ghost/core/core/server/data/schema/schema.js
index 45e686012a43..8d926ea81de1 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/server/data/schema/schema.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/data/schema/schema.js
@@ -958,6 +958,7 @@ module.exports = {
         post_id: {type: 'string', maxlength: 24, nullable: false, unique: false, references: 'posts.id', cascadeDelete: true},
         member_id: {type: 'string', maxlength: 24, nullable: true, unique: false, references: 'members.id', setNullDelete: true},
         parent_id: {type: 'string', maxlength: 24, nullable: true, unique: false, references: 'comments.id', cascadeDelete: true},
+        in_reply_to_id: {type: 'string', maxlength: 24, nullable: true, unique: false, references: 'comments.id', setNullDelete: true},
         status: {type: 'string', maxlength: 50, nullable: false, defaultTo: 'published', validations: {isIn: [['published', 'hidden', 'deleted']]}},
         html: {type: 'text', maxlength: 1000000000, fieldtype: 'long', nullable: true},
         edited_at: {type: 'dateTime', nullable: true},
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/unit/server/data/schema/integrity.test.js b/ghost/core/test/unit/server/data/schema/integrity.test.js
index 0fca78eb7517..c066a503085e 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/unit/server/data/schema/integrity.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/unit/server/data/schema/integrity.test.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const validateRouteSettings = require('../../../../../core/server/services/route
  */
 describe('DB version integrity', function () {
     // Only these variables should need updating
-    const currentSchemaHash = '1110f25f639c22135b9845c72f0be7ef';
+    const currentSchemaHash = 'f12341a0c74998eeb4628322fd0982fb';
     const currentFixturesHash = '475f488105c390bb0018db90dce845f1';
     const currentSettingsHash = '47a75e8898fab270174a0c905cb3e914';
     const currentRoutesHash = '3d180d52c663d173a6be791ef411ed01';