diff --git a/roomserver/internal/input/input_events.go b/roomserver/internal/input/input_events.go
index 788c880eb..26a97c877 100644
--- a/roomserver/internal/input/input_events.go
+++ b/roomserver/internal/input/input_events.go
@@ -447,29 +447,7 @@ func (r *Inputer) processRoomEvent(
 func (r *Inputer) handleRemoteRoomUpgrade(ctx context.Context, event *gomatrixserverlib.Event) error {
 	oldRoomID := event.RoomID()
 	newRoomID := gjson.GetBytes(event.Content(), "replacement_room").Str
-	// un-publish old room
-	if err := r.DB.PublishRoom(ctx, oldRoomID, "", "", false); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to unpublish room: %w", err)
-	}
-	// publish new room
-	if err := r.DB.PublishRoom(ctx, newRoomID, "", "", true); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to publish room: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	aliases, err := r.DB.GetAliasesForRoomID(ctx, oldRoomID)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get room aliases: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	for _, alias := range aliases {
-		if err = r.DB.RemoveRoomAlias(ctx, alias); err != nil {
-			fmt.Errorf("failed to remove room alias: %w", err)
-		}
-		if err = r.DB.SetRoomAlias(ctx, alias, newRoomID, event.Sender()); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to set room alias: %w", err)
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
+	return r.DB.UpgradeRoom(ctx, oldRoomID, newRoomID, event.Sender())
 }
 
 // processStateBefore works out what the state is before the event and
diff --git a/roomserver/storage/interface.go b/roomserver/storage/interface.go
index c39a8cbba..06db4b2d8 100644
--- a/roomserver/storage/interface.go
+++ b/roomserver/storage/interface.go
@@ -172,4 +172,5 @@ type Database interface {
 	ForgetRoom(ctx context.Context, userID, roomID string, forget bool) error
 
 	GetHistoryVisibilityState(ctx context.Context, roomInfo *types.RoomInfo, eventID string, domain string) ([]*gomatrixserverlib.Event, error)
+	UpgradeRoom(ctx context.Context, oldRoomID, newRoomID, eventSender string) error
 }
diff --git a/roomserver/storage/shared/storage.go b/roomserver/storage/shared/storage.go
index 4455ec3bf..734023d1f 100644
--- a/roomserver/storage/shared/storage.go
+++ b/roomserver/storage/shared/storage.go
@@ -1386,6 +1386,36 @@ func (d *Database) ForgetRoom(ctx context.Context, userID, roomID string, forget
 	})
 }
 
+func (d *Database) UpgradeRoom(ctx context.Context, oldRoomID, newRoomID, eventSender string) error {
+
+	return d.Writer.Do(d.DB, nil, func(txn *sql.Tx) error {
+		// un-publish old room
+		if err := d.PublishedTable.UpsertRoomPublished(ctx, txn, oldRoomID, "", "", false); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to unpublish room: %w", err)
+		}
+		// publish new room
+		if err := d.PublishedTable.UpsertRoomPublished(ctx, txn, newRoomID, "", "", true); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to publish room: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		// Migrate any existing room aliases
+		aliases, err := d.RoomAliasesTable.SelectAliasesFromRoomID(ctx, txn, oldRoomID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get room aliases: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		for _, alias := range aliases {
+			if err = d.RoomAliasesTable.DeleteRoomAlias(ctx, txn, alias); err != nil {
+				fmt.Errorf("failed to remove room alias: %w", err)
+			}
+			if err = d.RoomAliasesTable.InsertRoomAlias(ctx, txn, alias, newRoomID, eventSender); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to set room alias: %w", err)
+			}
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+}
+
 // FIXME TODO: Remove all this - horrible dupe with roomserver/state. Can't use the original impl because of circular loops
 // it should live in this package!