diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bf2dc5de0..53cd3b055 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/matrix-org/dugong v0.0.0-20210921133753-66e6b1c67e2e
 	github.com/matrix-org/go-sqlite3-js v0.0.0-20220419092513-28aa791a1c91
 	github.com/matrix-org/gomatrix v0.0.0-20220926102614-ceba4d9f7530
-	github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20230523164045-3fddabebb511
+	github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20230524080947-0736974ee5f4
 	github.com/matrix-org/pinecone v0.11.1-0.20230210171230-8c3b24f2649a
 	github.com/matrix-org/util v0.0.0-20221111132719-399730281e66
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.16
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 574a7bd7e..db3ca3342 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -325,6 +325,8 @@ github.com/matrix-org/gomatrix v0.0.0-20220926102614-ceba4d9f7530 h1:kHKxCOLcHH8
 github.com/matrix-org/gomatrix v0.0.0-20220926102614-ceba4d9f7530/go.mod h1:/gBX06Kw0exX1HrwmoBibFA98yBk/jxKpGVeyQbff+s=
 github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20230523164045-3fddabebb511 h1:om6z/WEVZMxZfgtiyfp5r5ubAObGMyRrnlVD07gIRY4=
 github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20230523164045-3fddabebb511/go.mod h1:H9V9N3Uqn1bBJqYJNGK1noqtgJTaCEhtTdcH/mp50uU=
+github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20230524080947-0736974ee5f4 h1:rbnuDPOxsmp5vSQAlp3UlHoDZhe/UY+eN9MvEOzpJ2k=
+github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20230524080947-0736974ee5f4/go.mod h1:H9V9N3Uqn1bBJqYJNGK1noqtgJTaCEhtTdcH/mp50uU=
 github.com/matrix-org/pinecone v0.11.1-0.20230210171230-8c3b24f2649a h1:awrPDf9LEFySxTLKYBMCiObelNx/cBuv/wzllvCCH3A=
 github.com/matrix-org/pinecone v0.11.1-0.20230210171230-8c3b24f2649a/go.mod h1:HchJX9oKMXaT2xYFs0Ha/6Zs06mxLU8k6F1ODnrGkeQ=
 github.com/matrix-org/util v0.0.0-20221111132719-399730281e66 h1:6z4KxomXSIGWqhHcfzExgkH3Z3UkIXry4ibJS4Aqz2Y=
diff --git a/roomserver/internal/query/query_test.go b/roomserver/internal/query/query_test.go
index b6715cb00..c94f5a0a0 100644
--- a/roomserver/internal/query/query_test.go
+++ b/roomserver/internal/query/query_test.go
@@ -43,16 +43,9 @@ func createEventDB() *getEventDB {
 
 // Adds a fake event to the storage with given auth events.
 func (db *getEventDB) addFakeEvent(eventID string, authIDs []string) error {
-	authEvents := []gomatrixserverlib.EventReference{}
-	for _, authID := range authIDs {
-		authEvents = append(authEvents, gomatrixserverlib.EventReference{
-			EventID: authID,
-		})
-	}
-
 	builder := map[string]interface{}{
 		"event_id":    eventID,
-		"auth_events": authEvents,
+		"auth_events": authIDs,
 	}
 
 	eventJSON, err := json.Marshal(&builder)