diff --git a/src/main/java/org/hibernate/infra/replicate/jira/service/jira/handler/JiraIssueAbstractEventHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/hibernate/infra/replicate/jira/service/jira/handler/JiraIssueAbstractEventHandler.java
index 1ed635e..28ffc19 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/hibernate/infra/replicate/jira/service/jira/handler/JiraIssueAbstractEventHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/hibernate/infra/replicate/jira/service/jira/handler/JiraIssueAbstractEventHandler.java
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ protected JiraIssue issueToCreate(HandlerProjectContext projectContext, JiraIssu
 		JiraIssue destinationIssue = new JiraIssue();
 		destinationIssue.fields = new JiraFields();
 
-		destinationIssue.fields.summary = sourceIssue.fields.summary;
+		destinationIssue.fields.summary = JiraFields.formatSummary(sourceIssue.fields.summary);
 		destinationIssue.fields.description = sourceIssue.fields.description;
 		destinationIssue.fields.description = "%s%s".formatted(prepareDescriptionQuote(sourceIssue),
 				Objects.toString(sourceIssue.fields.description, ""));
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/hibernate/infra/replicate/jira/service/jira/handler/JiraIssueDeleteEventHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/hibernate/infra/replicate/jira/service/jira/handler/JiraIssueDeleteEventHandler.java
index de71876..e60a7a1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/hibernate/infra/replicate/jira/service/jira/handler/JiraIssueDeleteEventHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/hibernate/infra/replicate/jira/service/jira/handler/JiraIssueDeleteEventHandler.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ private void handleDeletedMovedIssue(String type) {
 			JiraIssue updated = new JiraIssue();
 
 			updated.fields = new JiraFields();
-			updated.fields.summary = "%s upstream: %s".formatted(type, issue.fields.summary);
+			updated.fields.summary = "%s upstream: %s".formatted(type, JiraFields.formatSummary(issue.fields.summary));
 			if (issue.fields.labels == null) {
 				issue.fields.labels = List.of();
 			}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/hibernate/infra/replicate/jira/service/jira/model/rest/JiraFields.java b/src/main/java/org/hibernate/infra/replicate/jira/service/jira/model/rest/JiraFields.java
index d9cc16c..a93db2a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/hibernate/infra/replicate/jira/service/jira/model/rest/JiraFields.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/hibernate/infra/replicate/jira/service/jira/model/rest/JiraFields.java
@@ -46,4 +46,9 @@ public String toString() {
 				+ properties() + '}';
 	}
 
+	public static String formatSummary(String summary) {
+		// for some reason Jira server does not like ` in the summaries and can result in very helpful "access denied" error responses
+		return summary.replace( "`", "" );
+	}
+
 }