diff --git a/.infra/application.properties b/.infra/application.properties
index e4eff0e4af..a4d44d53ba 100644
--- a/.infra/application.properties
+++ b/.infra/application.properties
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ debezium.source.database.user=%database_user%
 debezium.source.database.password=%database_pass%
 debezium.source.database.dbname=%database_dbname%
 debezium.source.database.server.name=api
-debezium.source.table.include.list=public.comment,public.user_comment,public.comment_mention,public.source_request,public.post,public.user,public.post_report,public.source_feed,public.settings,public.reputation_event,public.submission,public.user_state,public.notification_v2,public.source_member,public.feature,public.source,public.post_mention,public.content_image,public.comment_report,public.user_post,public.banner,public.post_relation,public.marketing_cta,public.squad_public_request,public.user_streak,public.bookmark,public.user_company,public.source_report,public.user_top_reader,public.source_post_moderation,public.user_report,public.user_transaction,public.content_preference,public.campaign,public.opportunity_match,public.opportunity,public.organization,public.user_candidate_preference,public.user_experience
+debezium.source.table.include.list=public.comment,public.user_comment,public.comment_mention,public.source_request,public.post,public.user,public.post_report,public.source_feed,public.settings,public.reputation_event,public.submission,public.user_state,public.notification_v2,public.source_member,public.feature,public.source,public.post_mention,public.content_image,public.comment_report,public.user_post,public.banner,public.post_relation,public.marketing_cta,public.squad_public_request,public.user_streak,public.bookmark,public.user_company,public.source_report,public.user_top_reader,public.source_post_moderation,public.user_report,public.user_transaction,public.content_preference,public.campaign,public.opportunity_match,public.opportunity,public.organization,public.user_candidate_preference,public.user_experience,public.user_referral
 debezium.source.column.exclude.list=public.post.tsv,public.post.placeholder,public.source.flags,public.user_top_reader.image
 debezium.source.skip.messages.without.change=true
 debezium.source.plugin.name=pgoutput
diff --git a/src/common/njord.ts b/src/common/njord.ts
index c6da184db8..0c6ec0f9bc 100644
--- a/src/common/njord.ts
+++ b/src/common/njord.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ import { Message } from '@bufbuild/protobuf';
 import { ensureSourcePermissions } from '../schema/sources';
 import { SourceMemberRoles } from '../roles';
 import type { QueryDeepPartialEntity } from 'typeorm/query-builder/QueryPartialEntity';
+import { usdToCores } from './number';
 
 const transport = createGrpcTransport({
   baseUrl: process.env.NJORD_ORIGIN,
@@ -1056,7 +1057,7 @@ export const throwUserTransactionError = async ({
   error,
   transaction,
 }: {
-  ctx: AuthContext;
+  ctx: Pick<AuthContext, 'userId' | 'con'>;
   entityManager: EntityManager;
   error: TransferError;
   transaction: UserTransaction;
@@ -1096,3 +1097,48 @@ export const throwUserTransactionError = async ({
   // throw error for client after saving the transaction in error state
   throw userTransactionError;
 };
+
+export const awardReferral = async ({
+  id,
+  ctx,
+}: {
+  id: string;
+  ctx: Pick<AuthContext, 'userId' | 'con'>;
+}) => {
+  await ctx.con.transaction(async (entityManager) => {
+    const transaction = await entityManager.getRepository(UserTransaction).save(
+      entityManager.getRepository(UserTransaction).create({
+        id: randomUUID(),
+        processor: UserTransactionProcessor.Njord,
+        receiverId: ctx.userId,
+        status: UserTransactionStatus.Success,
+        productId: null,
+        senderId: systemUser.id,
+        value: usdToCores(10),
+        valueIncFees: 0,
+        fee: 0,
+        flags: { note: 'Linkedin recruiter referral' },
+        referenceId: id,
+        referenceType: UserTransactionType.ReferralLinkedin,
+      }),
+    );
+
+    try {
+      await transferCores({
+        ctx,
+        transaction,
+        entityManager,
+      });
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error instanceof TransferError) {
+        await throwUserTransactionError({
+          ctx,
+          transaction,
+          entityManager,
+          error,
+        });
+      }
+      throw error;
+    }
+  });
+};
diff --git a/src/migration/1761123042645-UserReferral.ts b/src/migration/1761123042645-UserReferral.ts
index f6433018a6..affd960cdd 100644
--- a/src/migration/1761123042645-UserReferral.ts
+++ b/src/migration/1761123042645-UserReferral.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ export class UserReferral1761123042645 implements MigrationInterface {
       )
     `);
 
+    await queryRunner.query(/* sql */ `
+      ALTER TABLE "public"."user_referral" REPLICA IDENTITY FULL
+    `);
+
     await queryRunner.query(/* sql */ `
       CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS "IDX_user_referral_type"
         ON "user_referral" ("type")
diff --git a/src/workers/cdc/primary.ts b/src/workers/cdc/primary.ts
index 38248e6c2a..bdb5659907 100644
--- a/src/workers/cdc/primary.ts
+++ b/src/workers/cdc/primary.ts
@@ -162,6 +162,11 @@ import { PollPost } from '../../entity/posts/PollPost';
 import { UserExperienceWork } from '../../entity/user/experiences/UserExperienceWork';
 import { UserExperience } from '../../entity/user/experiences/UserExperience';
 import { UserExperienceType } from '../../entity/user/experiences/types';
+import {
+  UserReferral,
+  UserReferralStatus,
+} from '../../entity/user/referral/UserReferral';
+import { awardReferral } from '../../common/njord';
 
 const isFreeformPostLongEnough = (
   freeform: ChangeMessage<FreeformPost>,
@@ -1520,6 +1525,25 @@ const onUserExperienceChange = async (
   }
 };
 
+const onUserReferralChange = async (
+  con: DataSource,
+  _: FastifyBaseLogger,
+  data: ChangeMessage<UserReferral>,
+) => {
+  if (data.payload.op !== 'u') {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (
+    data.payload.before!.status === UserReferralStatus.Pending &&
+    data.payload.after!.status === UserReferralStatus.Accepted
+  ) {
+    const referral = data.payload.after!;
+    const ctx = { userId: referral.userId, con };
+    await awardReferral({ id: referral.id, ctx });
+  }
+};
+
 const worker: Worker = {
   subscription: 'api-cdc',
   maxMessages: parseInt(process.env.CDC_WORKER_MAX_MESSAGES) || undefined,
@@ -1654,6 +1678,9 @@ const worker: Worker = {
         case getTableName(con, UserExperience):
           await onUserExperienceChange(con, logger, data);
           break;
+        case getTableName(con, UserReferral):
+          await onUserReferralChange(con, logger, data);
+          break;
       }
     } catch (err) {
       logger.error(