diff --git a/lib/private/Contacts/ContactsMenu/ContactsStore.php b/lib/private/Contacts/ContactsMenu/ContactsStore.php
index a152a8106a620..c2dbbfd8b2063 100644
--- a/lib/private/Contacts/ContactsMenu/ContactsStore.php
+++ b/lib/private/Contacts/ContactsMenu/ContactsStore.php
@@ -89,10 +89,17 @@ public function getContacts(IUser $user, ?string $filter, ?int $limit = null, ?i
 		// Search by status if there is no filter and statuses are available
 		if (!empty($recentStatuses)) {
 			$allContacts = array_filter(array_map(function(UserStatus $userStatus) use ($options) {
+				// UID is ambiguous with federation. We have to use the federated cloud ID to an exact match of
+				// A local user
+				$user = $this->userManager->get($userStatus->getUserId());
+				if ($user === null) {
+					return null;
+				}
+
 				$contact = $this->contactsManager->search(
-					$userStatus->getUserId(),
+					$user->getCloudId(),
 					[
-						'UID',
+						'CLOUD',
 					],
 					array_merge(
 						$options,
diff --git a/tests/lib/Contacts/ContactsMenu/ContactsStoreTest.php b/tests/lib/Contacts/ContactsMenu/ContactsStoreTest.php
index 00c026dd9cc97..99439a6266443 100644
--- a/tests/lib/Contacts/ContactsMenu/ContactsStoreTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/Contacts/ContactsMenu/ContactsStoreTest.php
@@ -985,18 +985,30 @@ public function testGetRecentStatusFirst(): void {
 				$status1,
 				$status2,
 			]);
+		$user1 = $this->createMock(IUser::class);
+		$user1->method('getCloudId')->willReturn('user1@localcloud');
+		$user2 = $this->createMock(IUser::class);
+		$user2->method('getCloudId')->willReturn('user2@localcloud');
+		$this->userManager->expects(self::exactly(2))
+			->method('get')
+			->willReturnCallback(function($uid) use ($user1, $user2) {
+				return match($uid) {
+					'user1' => $user1,
+					'user2' => $user2,
+				};
+			});
 		$this->contactsManager
 			->expects(self::exactly(3))
 			->method('search')
 			->willReturnCallback(function($uid, $searchProps, $options) {
 				return match ([$uid, $options['limit'] ?? null]) {
-					['user1', 1] => [
+					['user1@localcloud', 1] => [
 						[
 							'UID' => 'user1',
 							'URI' => 'user1.vcf',
 						],
 					],
-					['user2' => [], 1], // Simulate not found
+					['user2@localcloud' => [], 1], // Simulate not found
 					['', 4] => [
 						[
 							'UID' => 'contact1',