diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bd931ed7..9a025817 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@
     "config": "^3.3.1",
     "escape-html": "^1.0.3",
     "js-yaml": "^3.13.1",
-    "matrix-bot-sdk": "^0.5.3"
+    "matrix-bot-sdk": "^0.5.4"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index edff319c..75dfd74a 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ export async function replaceRoomIdsWithPills(client: MatrixClient, text: string
     for (const roomId of roomIds) {
         let alias = roomId;
         try {
-            alias = (await getRoomAlias(client, roomId)) || roomId;
+            alias = (await client.getPublishedAlias(roomId)) || roomId;
         } catch (e) {
             // This is a recursive call, so tell the function not to try and call us
             await logMessage(LogLevel.WARN, "utils", `Failed to resolve room alias for ${roomId} - see console for details`, null, true);
@@ -200,18 +200,3 @@ export async function replaceRoomIdsWithPills(client: MatrixClient, text: string
 
     return content;
 }
-
-// TODO: Merge this function into js-bot-sdk
-export async function getRoomAlias(client: MatrixClient, roomId: string): Promise<string> {
-    try {
-        const event = await client.getRoomStateEvent(roomId, "m.room.canonical_alias", "");
-        if (!event) return null;
-
-        const canonical = event['alias'];
-        const alt = event['alt_aliases'] || [];
-
-        return canonical || alt[0];
-    } catch (e) {
-        return null; // assume none
-    }
-}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6656033c..de734d14 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1704,10 +1704,10 @@ map-visit@^1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     object-visit "^1.0.0"
 
-matrix-bot-sdk@^0.5.3:
-  version "0.5.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-bot-sdk/-/matrix-bot-sdk-0.5.3.tgz#ec01a76a9ec9d120cee4461dda3b0db01e8a32de"
-  integrity sha512-jmoU55HbJpvTopZrjMca5u7jmfW3j/Fc3vPExs+5RRqFNCChT/TYQxr7PXD9Ho96YbL7zJ3zynOZ3fXvHg4hYA==
+matrix-bot-sdk@^0.5.4:
+  version "0.5.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-bot-sdk/-/matrix-bot-sdk-0.5.4.tgz#8c26bef826bd0b3fc9b693c8d07b52c30d843fd7"
+  integrity sha512-nUAE1WW7ast+Xsfux1+qBPmKSY6OG0RoZfeh0WfMP42JW6GRnNiY3hq7aiifomnJAMASZ6EwkdHS3ChWpIRYzg==
   dependencies:
     "@types/express" "^4.17.2"
     chalk "^3.0.0"