diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/AdminController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/AdminController.php
index 3e76696..69b5528 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/AdminController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/AdminController.php
@@ -148,9 +148,11 @@ public function pendingReferralRewards(Request $request)
     {
         $target = User::REFERRAL_SUBSCRIPTION_TARGET;
 
+        // Use has() (a correlated subquery in WHERE) rather than having() on the
+        // withCount alias — Postgres does not allow select aliases in HAVING.
         $users = User::withCount('referrals')
             ->whereNull('referral_subscription_granted_at')
-            ->having('referrals_count', '>=', $target)
+            ->has('referrals', '>=', $target)
             ->orderByDesc('referrals_count')
             ->get(['id', 'uuid', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'email', 'mobile', 'referral_code']);