diff --git a/federationapi/routing/invite.go b/federationapi/routing/invite.go
index 09c3734be..75932e906 100644
--- a/federationapi/routing/invite.go
+++ b/federationapi/routing/invite.go
@@ -15,18 +15,17 @@
 package routing
 
 import (
-	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/jsonerror"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/producers"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/common/config"
-	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/api"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/util"
 )
 
-// Invite implements /_matrix/federation/v1/invite/{roomID}/{eventID}
+// Invite implements /_matrix/federation/v2/invite/{roomID}/{eventID}
 func Invite(
 	httpReq *http.Request,
 	request *gomatrixserverlib.FederationRequest,
@@ -36,18 +35,18 @@ func Invite(
 	producer *producers.RoomserverProducer,
 	keys gomatrixserverlib.KeyRing,
 ) util.JSONResponse {
-	// Look up the room version for the room.
-	verReq := api.QueryRoomVersionForRoomRequest{RoomID: roomID}
-	verRes := api.QueryRoomVersionForRoomResponse{}
-	if err := producer.QueryAPI.QueryRoomVersionForRoom(context.Background(), &verReq, &verRes); err != nil {
+	inviteReq := gomatrixserverlib.InviteV2Request{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(request.Content(), &inviteReq); err != nil {
 		return util.JSONResponse{
 			Code: http.StatusBadRequest,
-			JSON: jsonerror.UnsupportedRoomVersion(err.Error()),
+			JSON: jsonerror.NotJSON("The request body could not be decoded into an invite request. " + err.Error()),
 		}
 	}
 
+	// In v2, the room_version field is mandatory.
+	// https://matrix.org/docs/spec/server_server/r0.1.3#put-matrix-federation-v2-invite-roomid-eventid
 	// Decode the event JSON from the request.
-	event, err := gomatrixserverlib.NewEventFromUntrustedJSON(request.Content(), verRes.RoomVersion)
+	event, err := gomatrixserverlib.NewEventFromUntrustedJSON(inviteReq.Event(), inviteReq.RoomVersion())
 	if err != nil {
 		return util.JSONResponse{
 			Code: http.StatusBadRequest,
@@ -71,14 +70,6 @@ func Invite(
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Check that the event is from the server sending the request.
-	if event.Origin() != request.Origin() {
-		return util.JSONResponse{
-			Code: http.StatusForbidden,
-			JSON: jsonerror.Forbidden("The invite must be sent by the server it originated on"),
-		}
-	}
-
 	// Check that the event is signed by the server sending the request.
 	redacted := event.Redact()
 	verifyRequests := []gomatrixserverlib.VerifyJSONRequest{{
diff --git a/federationapi/routing/routing.go b/federationapi/routing/routing.go
index 9ac535767..a2b9dc210 100644
--- a/federationapi/routing/routing.go
+++ b/federationapi/routing/routing.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func Setup(
 		},
 	)).Methods(http.MethodPut, http.MethodOptions)
 
-	v1fedmux.Handle("/invite/{roomID}/{eventID}", common.MakeFedAPI(
+	v2fedmux.Handle("/invite/{roomID}/{eventID}", common.MakeFedAPI(
 		"federation_invite", cfg.Matrix.ServerName, keys,
 		func(httpReq *http.Request, request *gomatrixserverlib.FederationRequest) util.JSONResponse {
 			vars, err := common.URLDecodeMapValues(mux.Vars(httpReq))
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8743437ec..2129a848e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/matrix-org/go-http-js-libp2p v0.0.0-20200318135427-31631a9ef51f
 	github.com/matrix-org/go-sqlite3-js v0.0.0-20200325174927-327088cdef10
 	github.com/matrix-org/gomatrix v0.0.0-20190528120928-7df988a63f26
-	github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20200327155501-33fb4c7049dc
+	github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20200401160213-1316eff9cef1
 	github.com/matrix-org/naffka v0.0.0-20200127221512-0716baaabaf1
 	github.com/matrix-org/util v0.0.0-20190711121626-527ce5ddefc7
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v2.0.2+incompatible
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1294f3b7b..a7b99c11a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ github.com/matrix-org/gomatrix v0.0.0-20190528120928-7df988a63f26 h1:Hr3zjRsq2bh
 github.com/matrix-org/gomatrix v0.0.0-20190528120928-7df988a63f26/go.mod h1:3fxX6gUjWyI/2Bt7J1OLhpCzOfO/bB3AiX0cJtEKud0=
 github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20200124100636-0c2ec91d1df5 h1:kmRjpmFOenVpOaV/DRlo9p6z/IbOKlUC+hhKsAAh8Qg=
 github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20200124100636-0c2ec91d1df5/go.mod h1:FsKa2pWE/bpQql9H7U4boOPXFoJX/QcqaZZ6ijLkaZI=
-github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20200327155501-33fb4c7049dc h1:qrRu4/AlulnldLiyGpYYm+ELIkrP51XCRlA3txWpN30=
-github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20200327155501-33fb4c7049dc/go.mod h1:FsKa2pWE/bpQql9H7U4boOPXFoJX/QcqaZZ6ijLkaZI=
+github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20200401160213-1316eff9cef1 h1:7U5P1WA8mMmbQ2CKAttco7Pmls2Rs2Sj2HjqgRWwVDk=
+github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20200401160213-1316eff9cef1/go.mod h1:FsKa2pWE/bpQql9H7U4boOPXFoJX/QcqaZZ6ijLkaZI=
 github.com/matrix-org/naffka v0.0.0-20200127221512-0716baaabaf1 h1:osLoFdOy+ChQqVUn2PeTDETFftVkl4w9t/OW18g3lnk=
 github.com/matrix-org/naffka v0.0.0-20200127221512-0716baaabaf1/go.mod h1:cXoYQIENbdWIQHt1SyCo6Bl3C3raHwJ0wgVrXHSqf+A=
 github.com/matrix-org/util v0.0.0-20171127121716-2e2df66af2f5 h1:W7l5CP4V7wPyPb4tYE11dbmeAOwtFQBTW0rf4OonOS8=