diff --git a/.changeset/dirty-cups-repair.md b/.changeset/dirty-cups-repair.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eba67301e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/dirty-cups-repair.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@comet/cms-api": patch
+---
+
+Fix calculation of `totalCount` in `DependenciesService#getDependents`
diff --git a/packages/api/cms-api/src/dependencies/dependencies.service.ts b/packages/api/cms-api/src/dependencies/dependencies.service.ts
index e19cab7811..3c0854ae9f 100644
--- a/packages/api/cms-api/src/dependencies/dependencies.service.ts
+++ b/packages/api/cms-api/src/dependencies/dependencies.service.ts
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ export class DependenciesService {
             ret.push(dependency);
         }
 
-        const countResult = await this.withCount(qb).select("rootId").groupBy(["rootId", "rootEntityName"]);
+        const countResult = await this.withCount(qb).select("targetId").groupBy(["targetId", "targetEntityName"]);
         const totalCount = countResult[0]?.count ?? 0;
 
         return new PaginatedDependencies(ret, Number(totalCount));