diff --git a/src/main/java/io/stargate/sgv2/jsonapi/service/schema/tables/ApiDataTypeDefs.java b/src/main/java/io/stargate/sgv2/jsonapi/service/schema/tables/ApiDataTypeDefs.java
index b1ff17cdd4..1c1ebf1a0d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/stargate/sgv2/jsonapi/service/schema/tables/ApiDataTypeDefs.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/stargate/sgv2/jsonapi/service/schema/tables/ApiDataTypeDefs.java
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ public abstract class ApiDataTypeDefs {
       new PrimitiveApiDataTypeDef(
           ApiTypeName.COUNTER,
           DataTypes.COUNTER,
-          new ApiSupportDef.Support(false, false, true, true, ApiSupportDef.Update.NONE),
+          // counter values cannot be used in a filter (no CQL codec to bind them), so filter is
+          // false to match actual support, see #2462
+          new ApiSupportDef.Support(false, false, true, false, ApiSupportDef.Update.NONE),
           // we do not support the user creating anything with a counter type, but we accept if the
           // DB says
           new DefaultTypeBindingRules(
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/stargate/sgv2/jsonapi/api/v1/tables/UnsupportedTypeTableIntegrationTest.java b/src/test/java/io/stargate/sgv2/jsonapi/api/v1/tables/UnsupportedTypeTableIntegrationTest.java
index a7ee8a0c9e..27cbbbb0f6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/stargate/sgv2/jsonapi/api/v1/tables/UnsupportedTypeTableIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/stargate/sgv2/jsonapi/api/v1/tables/UnsupportedTypeTableIntegrationTest.java
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public void canNotFilterOnFrozen() {
 
   /**
    * Data API support for counter column: CreateTable(False), Insert(false), Read(True),
-   * Filter(True)
+   * Filter(False)
    */
   @Nested
   @TestMethodOrder(MethodOrderer.OrderAnnotation.class)
@@ -161,6 +161,25 @@ public final void createDefaultTablesAndIndexes() {
       assertThat(executeCqlStatement(createTable.build())).isTrue();
     }
 
+    // Regression test for #2462: a counter column must report apiSupport.filter == false in the
+    // table description, because filtering on a counter is not actually supported (see
+    // filterCounter() below). Previously it incorrectly reported filter == true.
+    @Test
+    @Order(2)
+    public final void listTablesReportsCounterNotFilterable() {
+      var apiSupportPath =
+          "status.tables.find { it.name == '%s' }.definition.columns.counter.apiSupport"
+              .formatted(TABLE_COUNTER);
+      assertNamespaceCommand(keyspaceName)
+          .templated()
+          .listTables(true)
+          .wasSuccessful()
+          .body(apiSupportPath + ".createTable", is(false))
+          .body(apiSupportPath + ".insert", is(false))
+          .body(apiSupportPath + ".read", is(true))
+          .body(apiSupportPath + ".filter", is(false));
+    }
+
     // In Cassandra, you cannot use an INSERT statement directly for counters.
     // Instead, counter columns require a special kind of update operation.
     // Counters in Cassandra are designed to increment or decrement a value,