diff --git a/federationapi/routing/send.go b/federationapi/routing/send.go
index 1c4792359..aa9b14672 100644
--- a/federationapi/routing/send.go
+++ b/federationapi/routing/send.go
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ func (t *txnReq) processEDUs(ctx context.Context) {
 			}
 		case gomatrixserverlib.MDeviceListUpdate:
 			t.processDeviceListUpdate(ctx, e)
-		case "m.receipt": // to be replaced by gomatrixserverlib.MReceipt
+		case gomatrixserverlib.MReceipt:
 			// https://matrix.org/docs/spec/server_server/r0.1.4#receipts
 			payload := receiptPayload{}
 
diff --git a/federationsender/consumers/eduserver.go b/federationsender/consumers/eduserver.go
index 95e2ee898..65500f808 100644
--- a/federationsender/consumers/eduserver.go
+++ b/federationsender/consumers/eduserver.go
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ func (t *OutputEDUConsumer) onReceiptEvent(msg *sarama.ConsumerMessage) error {
 	}
 
 	edu := &gomatrixserverlib.EDU{
-		Type:   "m.receipt",
+		Type:   gomatrixserverlib.MReceipt,
 		Origin: string(t.ServerName),
 	}
 	if edu.Content, err = json.Marshal(content); err != nil {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d3060fa0f..a00bce5ab 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/matrix-org/go-http-js-libp2p v0.0.0-20200518170932-783164aeeda4
 	github.com/matrix-org/go-sqlite3-js v0.0.0-20200522092705-bc8506ccbcf3
 	github.com/matrix-org/gomatrix v0.0.0-20200827122206-7dd5e2a05bcd
-	github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20201015151920-aa4f62b827b8
+	github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20201016111718-6935c491a50b
 	github.com/matrix-org/naffka v0.0.0-20200901083833-bcdd62999a91
 	github.com/matrix-org/util v0.0.0-20200807132607-55161520e1d4
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 377a2e093..e1b77c291 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -569,8 +569,8 @@ 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/gomatrix v0.0.0-20200827122206-7dd5e2a05bcd h1:xVrqJK3xHREMNjwjljkAUaadalWc0rRbmVuQatzmgwg=
 github.com/matrix-org/gomatrix v0.0.0-20200827122206-7dd5e2a05bcd/go.mod h1:/gBX06Kw0exX1HrwmoBibFA98yBk/jxKpGVeyQbff+s=
-github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20201015151920-aa4f62b827b8 h1:GF1PxbvImWDoz1DQZNMoaYtIqQXtyLAtmQOzwwmw1OI=
-github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20201015151920-aa4f62b827b8/go.mod h1:JsAzE1Ll3+gDWS9JSUHPJiiyAksvOOnGWF2nXdg4ZzU=
+github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20201016111718-6935c491a50b h1:SnSzNB0kiGMNqG5r+uUEbxAjti3y+/+fu07GMPL9yNg=
+github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20201016111718-6935c491a50b/go.mod h1:JsAzE1Ll3+gDWS9JSUHPJiiyAksvOOnGWF2nXdg4ZzU=
 github.com/matrix-org/naffka v0.0.0-20200901083833-bcdd62999a91 h1:HJ6U3S3ljJqNffYMcIeAncp5qT/i+ZMiJ2JC2F0aXP4=
 github.com/matrix-org/naffka v0.0.0-20200901083833-bcdd62999a91/go.mod h1:sjyPyRxKM5uw1nD2cJ6O2OxI6GOqyVBfNXqKjBZTBZE=
 github.com/matrix-org/util v0.0.0-20190711121626-527ce5ddefc7 h1:ntrLa/8xVzeSs8vHFHK25k0C+NV74sYMJnNSg5NoSRo=
diff --git a/syncapi/storage/shared/syncserver.go b/syncapi/storage/shared/syncserver.go
index 899a81655..9c18258ad 100644
--- a/syncapi/storage/shared/syncserver.go
+++ b/syncapi/storage/shared/syncserver.go
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ func (d *Database) addReceiptDeltaToResponse(
 		}
 
 		ev := gomatrixserverlib.ClientEvent{
-			Type:   "m.receipt",
+			Type:   gomatrixserverlib.MReceipt,
 			RoomID: roomID,
 		}
 		content := map[string]interface{}{}