diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ece57b24d08..62667c103f4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+# 0.7.4
+
+## Changes
+
+* Promote user property in component interaction to a data object.
+
+## Fixes
+
+* Fixed `ComponentInteraction#user` throwing a `NullPointerException` when the interaction was created in a direct message.
+
 # 0.7.3
 
 ## Additions
diff --git a/core/api/core.api b/core/api/core.api
index f6c4968d527..6295810ef6d 100644
--- a/core/api/core.api
+++ b/core/api/core.api
@@ -5735,7 +5735,8 @@ public abstract class dev/kord/core/entity/interaction/ComponentInteraction : de
 	public abstract fun getComponent ()Ldev/kord/core/entity/component/Component;
 	public final fun getComponentId ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public final fun getMessage ()Ldev/kord/core/entity/Message;
-	public fun getUser ()Ldev/kord/core/behavior/UserBehavior;
+	public synthetic fun getUser ()Ldev/kord/core/behavior/UserBehavior;
+	public fun getUser ()Ldev/kord/core/entity/User;
 	public fun hashCode ()I
 	public abstract fun toString ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public abstract fun withStrategy (Ldev/kord/core/supplier/EntitySupplyStrategy;)Ldev/kord/core/entity/interaction/ComponentInteraction;
diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/entity/interaction/ComponentInteraction.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/entity/interaction/ComponentInteraction.kt
index b90cc839fbd..4ee5eec4e9c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/entity/interaction/ComponentInteraction.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/entity/interaction/ComponentInteraction.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package dev.kord.core.entity.interaction
 import dev.kord.common.annotation.KordPreview
 import dev.kord.common.entity.ComponentType
 import dev.kord.common.entity.Snowflake
+import dev.kord.common.entity.optional.map
 import dev.kord.common.entity.optional.orEmpty
 import dev.kord.common.entity.optional.unwrap
 import dev.kord.core.Kord
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ import dev.kord.core.behavior.UserBehavior
 import dev.kord.core.behavior.interaction.ComponentInteractionBehavior
 import dev.kord.core.cache.data.InteractionData
 import dev.kord.core.entity.Message
+import dev.kord.core.entity.User
 import dev.kord.core.entity.component.ActionRowComponent
 import dev.kord.core.entity.component.ButtonComponent
 import dev.kord.core.entity.component.Component
@@ -27,8 +29,9 @@ import dev.kord.rest.builder.component.SelectMenuBuilder
 @KordPreview
 sealed class ComponentInteraction : Interaction(), ComponentInteractionBehavior {
 
-    override val user: UserBehavior
-        get() = UserBehavior(data.member.value!!.userId, kord)
+    override val user: User
+        get() = User(data.user.value!!, kord)
+
 
     /**
      * The message that contains the interacted component, null if the message is ephemeral.