  In this Reply we reassert the failure of the model $f(R,T)=R+\alpha T+ \beta
T^2$ in providing a transition from deceleration to an accelerated stage as we
have pointed out in [H. Velten and Thiago R. P. Caram\^es, Phys. Rev. D 95
(2017) 123536]. We remark that the such a Comment is essentially based on a
typo which clearly does not propagate to the rest of the equations and then
does not affect our conclusions. Besides, the authors mentioned an equation for
the evolution of the scale factor, already previously used in [P.H.R.S. Moraes,
G. Ribeiro and R.A.C. Correa, Astrophys. Space Sci. {\bf 361} 227, (2016)],
which we have shown to be wrong and dimensionally inconsistent.
