diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f32a8aab78..73a94e06f7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ These changes are available on the `master` branch, but have not yet been releas
 - Fixed an error when responding non-ephemerally with a `Paginator` to an ephemerally
   deferred interaction.
   ([#2661](https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/pull/2661))
+- Fixed attachment metadata being set incorrectly in interaction responses causing the
+  metadata to be ignored by Discord.
+  ([#2679](https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/pull/2679))
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/discord/webhook/async_.py b/discord/webhook/async_.py
index 7f35e71083..4b87a7e0f3 100644
--- a/discord/webhook/async_.py
+++ b/discord/webhook/async_.py
@@ -502,8 +502,7 @@ def create_interaction_response(
             "type": type,
         }
 
-        if data is not None:
-            payload["data"] = data
+        payload["data"] = data if data is not None else {}
         form = [{"name": "payload_json"}]
         attachments = []
         files = files or []
@@ -527,7 +526,8 @@ def create_interaction_response(
                     "content_type": "application/octet-stream",
                 }
             )
-        payload["attachments"] = attachments
+        if attachments:
+            payload["data"]["attachments"] = attachments
         form[0]["value"] = utils._to_json(payload)
 
         route = Route(