diff --git a/syncapi/storage/shared/storage_consumer.go b/syncapi/storage/shared/storage_consumer.go
index 746a324fa..26454ef64 100644
--- a/syncapi/storage/shared/storage_consumer.go
+++ b/syncapi/storage/shared/storage_consumer.go
@@ -381,11 +381,50 @@ func (d *Database) RedactEvent(ctx context.Context, redactedEventID string, reda
 
 	newEvent := &rstypes.HeaderedEvent{PDU: eventToRedact}
 	err = d.Writer.Do(d.DB, nil, func(txn *sql.Tx) error {
+		// if we are redacting a state event, also update the current_room_state table
+		if newEvent.StateKey() != nil {
+			if err = d.redactCurrentStateEvent(ctx, txn, newEvent, querier); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
 		return d.OutputEvents.UpdateEventJSON(ctx, txn, newEvent)
 	})
 	return err
 }
 
+// redactCurrentStateEvent updates the JSON data in the current_room_state table
+func (d *Database) redactCurrentStateEvent(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx, newEvent *rstypes.HeaderedEvent, querier api.QuerySenderIDAPI) error {
+	// resolve the state key, which may be user pseudoID
+	if *newEvent.StateKey() != "" {
+		validRoomID, err := spec.NewRoomID(newEvent.RoomID())
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		var sku *spec.UserID
+		stateKey := newEvent.StateKey()
+		sku, err = querier.QueryUserIDForSender(ctx, *validRoomID, spec.SenderID(*stateKey))
+		if err == nil && sku != nil {
+			sKey := sku.String()
+			newEvent.StateKeyResolved = &sKey
+		}
+	}
+
+	// get the current stream position of the event
+	streamEvents, err := d.CurrentRoomState.SelectEventsWithEventIDs(ctx, txn, []string{newEvent.EventID()})
+	if err == nil && len(streamEvents) > 0 {
+		var membershipPtr *string
+		var membership string
+		membership, err = streamEvents[0].Membership()
+		if err == nil {
+			membershipPtr = &membership
+		}
+		if err = d.CurrentRoomState.UpsertRoomState(ctx, txn, newEvent, membershipPtr, streamEvents[0].StreamPosition); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // fetchStateEvents converts the set of event IDs into a set of events. It will fetch any which are missing from the database.
 // Returns a map of room ID to list of events.
 func (d *Database) fetchStateEvents(
diff --git a/syncapi/storage/storage_test.go b/syncapi/storage/storage_test.go
index f57b0d618..a8f1723e7 100644
--- a/syncapi/storage/storage_test.go
+++ b/syncapi/storage/storage_test.go
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ func TestRedaction(t *testing.T) {
 	alice := test.NewUser(t)
 	room := test.NewRoom(t, alice)
 
-	redactedEvent := room.CreateAndInsert(t, alice, "m.room.message", map[string]interface{}{"body": "hi"})
+	redactedEvent := room.CreateAndInsert(t, alice, "m.room.member", map[string]interface{}{"membership": "join", "displayname": "alice"}, test.WithStateKey(alice.ID))
 	redactionEvent := room.CreateEvent(t, alice, spec.MRoomRedaction, map[string]string{"redacts": redactedEvent.EventID()})
 	test.WithAllDatabases(t, func(t *testing.T, dbType test.DBType) {
 		db, close := MustCreateDatabase(t, dbType)
@@ -1028,5 +1028,25 @@ func TestRedaction(t *testing.T) {
 		if depth.Exists() {
 			t.Error("unexpected auth_events in redacted event")
 		}
+
+		dbTxn, err := db.NewDatabaseTransaction(context.Background())
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		filter := synctypes.DefaultStateFilter()
+		wantTypes := []string{spec.MRoomMember}
+		filter.Types = &wantTypes
+		evs, err = dbTxn.CurrentRoomState.SelectCurrentState(context.Background(), nil, redactedEvent.RoomID(), &filter, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if count := len(evs); count != 1 {
+			t.Fatalf("expected 1 event, got %d", count)
+		}
+		// we expect that the displayname does not exist anymore
+		displayname := gjson.GetBytes(evs[0].Content(), "displayname")
+		if displayname.Exists() {
+			t.Fatal("expected displayname to be redacted, but wasn't")
+		}
 	})
 }