diff --git a/apiserver/plane/api/views/issue.py b/apiserver/plane/api/views/issue.py
index 4ed109a80..616cef0d6 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/api/views/issue.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/api/views/issue.py
@@ -1499,6 +1499,7 @@ class IssueCommentPublicViewSet(BaseViewSet):
                 .get_queryset()
                 .filter(workspace__slug=self.kwargs.get("slug"))
                 .filter(issue_id=self.kwargs.get("issue_id"))
+                .filter(access="EXTERNAL")
                 .select_related("project")
                 .select_related("workspace")
                 .select_related("issue")