diff --git a/public/src/client/topic/threadTools.js b/public/src/client/topic/threadTools.js
index 3325b76ac0..ca85564873 100644
--- a/public/src/client/topic/threadTools.js
+++ b/public/src/client/topic/threadTools.js
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ define('forum/topic/threadTools', [
 	'hooks',
 	'bootbox',
 	'alerts',
-], function (components, translator, handleBack, posts, api, hooks, bootbox, alerts) {
+	'bootstrap',
+], function (components, translator, handleBack, posts, api, hooks, bootbox, alerts, bootstrap) {
 	const ThreadTools = {};
 
 	ThreadTools.init = function (tid, topicContainer) {
@@ -365,11 +366,12 @@ define('forum/topic/threadTools', [
 			unfollow: '[[topic:not-watching]]',
 			ignore: '[[topic:ignoring]]',
 		};
-		// TODO: doesnt work on bs5
+
 		translator.translate(titles[state], function (translatedTitle) {
-			$('[component="topic/watch"]')
-				.attr('title', translatedTitle)
-				.tooltip();
+			const tooltip = bootstrap.Tooltip.getInstance('[component="topic/watch"]');
+			if (tooltip) {
+				tooltip.setContent({ '.tooltip-inner': translatedTitle });
+			}
 		});
 
 		let menu = components.get('topic/following/menu');
diff --git a/public/src/client/topic/votes.js b/public/src/client/topic/votes.js
index dcc225bd89..8109d18a0e 100644
--- a/public/src/client/topic/votes.js
+++ b/public/src/client/topic/votes.js
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 
 define('forum/topic/votes', [
-	'components', 'translator', 'api', 'hooks', 'bootbox', 'alerts',
-], function (components, translator, api, hooks, bootbox, alerts) {
+	'components', 'translator', 'api', 'hooks', 'bootbox', 'alerts', 'bootstrap',
+], function (components, translator, api, hooks, bootbox, alerts, bootstrap) {
 	const Votes = {};
 
 	Votes.addVoteHandler = function () {
@@ -32,7 +32,13 @@ define('forum/topic/votes', [
 
 	function createTooltip(el, data) {
 		function doCreateTooltip(title) {
-			el.attr('title', title).tooltip('fixTitle').tooltip('show');
+			const tooltip = bootstrap.Tooltip.getInstance(el);
+			if (tooltip) {
+				tooltip.setContent({ '.tooltip-inner': title });
+			} else {
+				el.attr('title', title);
+				(new bootstrap.Tooltip(el)).show();
+			}
 			el.parent().find('.tooltip').css('display', '');
 		}
 		let usernames = data.usernames