diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d2319ed6e..8f9f080a4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/jxskiss/base62 v1.1.0
 	github.com/livekit/mageutil v0.0.0-20230125210925-54e8a70427c1
 	github.com/livekit/mediatransportutil v0.0.0-20240730083616-559fa5ece598
-	github.com/livekit/protocol v1.23.1-0.20241007110347-136dfa7a2532
+	github.com/livekit/protocol v1.23.1-0.20241008082340-082848150f8f
 	github.com/livekit/psrpc v0.6.1-0.20240924010758-9f0a4268a3b9
 	github.com/mackerelio/go-osstat v0.2.5
 	github.com/magefile/mage v1.15.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 32c1b6caa..198b0c6e1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ github.com/livekit/mageutil v0.0.0-20230125210925-54e8a70427c1 h1:jm09419p0lqTkD
 github.com/livekit/mageutil v0.0.0-20230125210925-54e8a70427c1/go.mod h1:Rs3MhFwutWhGwmY1VQsygw28z5bWcnEYmS1OG9OxjOQ=
 github.com/livekit/mediatransportutil v0.0.0-20240730083616-559fa5ece598 h1:yLlkHk2feSLHstD9n4VKg7YEBR4rLODTI4WE8gNBEnQ=
 github.com/livekit/mediatransportutil v0.0.0-20240730083616-559fa5ece598/go.mod h1:jwKUCmObuiEDH0iiuJHaGMXwRs3RjrB4G6qqgkr/5oE=
-github.com/livekit/protocol v1.23.1-0.20241007110347-136dfa7a2532 h1:U4wgaMOpgTsaEOuaW6DodFdVwvkfAIZj21F+sVFFxzw=
-github.com/livekit/protocol v1.23.1-0.20241007110347-136dfa7a2532/go.mod h1:nxRzmQBKSYK64gqr7ABWwt78hvrgiO2wYuCojRYb7Gs=
+github.com/livekit/protocol v1.23.1-0.20241008082340-082848150f8f h1:ZtT9U7Mfcfv+uI1uCZUUeBf/R0uin+KIHanyStuXr68=
+github.com/livekit/protocol v1.23.1-0.20241008082340-082848150f8f/go.mod h1:nxRzmQBKSYK64gqr7ABWwt78hvrgiO2wYuCojRYb7Gs=
 github.com/livekit/psrpc v0.6.1-0.20240924010758-9f0a4268a3b9 h1:33oBjGpVD9tYkDXQU42tnHl8eCX9G6PVUToBVuCUyOs=
 github.com/livekit/psrpc v0.6.1-0.20240924010758-9f0a4268a3b9/go.mod h1:CQUBSPfYYAaevg1TNCc6/aYsa8DJH4jSRFdCeSZk5u0=
 github.com/mackerelio/go-osstat v0.2.5 h1:+MqTbZUhoIt4m8qzkVoXUJg1EuifwlAJSk4Yl2GXh+o=
diff --git a/pkg/rtc/room.go b/pkg/rtc/room.go
index 488ffcca4..7c1918d2c 100644
--- a/pkg/rtc/room.go
+++ b/pkg/rtc/room.go
@@ -969,8 +969,8 @@ func (r *Room) GetAgentDispatches(dispatchID string) ([]*livekit.AgentDispatch,
 	return ret, nil
 }
 
-func (r *Room) AddAgentDispatch(agentName string, metadata string) (*livekit.AgentDispatch, error) {
-	ad, err := r.createAgentDispatchFromParams(agentName, metadata)
+func (r *Room) AddAgentDispatch(dispatch *livekit.AgentDispatch) (*livekit.AgentDispatch, error) {
+	ad, err := r.createAgentDispatch(dispatch)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -1692,20 +1692,12 @@ func (r *Room) DebugInfo() map[string]interface{} {
 	return info
 }
 
-func (r *Room) createAgentDispatchFromParams(agentName string, metadata string) (*agentDispatch, error) {
-	now := time.Now()
+func (r *Room) createAgentDispatch(dispatch *livekit.AgentDispatch) (*agentDispatch, error) {
+	dispatch.State = &livekit.AgentDispatchState{
+		CreatedAt: time.Now().UnixNano(),
+	}
+	ad := newAgentDispatch(dispatch)
 
-	ad := newAgentDispatch(
-		&livekit.AgentDispatch{
-			Id:        guid.New(guid.AgentDispatchPrefix),
-			AgentName: agentName,
-			Metadata:  metadata,
-			Room:      r.protoRoom.Name,
-			State: &livekit.AgentDispatchState{
-				CreatedAt: now.UnixNano(),
-			},
-		},
-	)
 	r.lock.RLock()
 	r.agentDispatches[ad.Id] = ad
 	r.lock.RUnlock()
@@ -1719,6 +1711,15 @@ func (r *Room) createAgentDispatchFromParams(agentName string, metadata string)
 	return ad, nil
 }
 
+func (r *Room) createAgentDispatchFromParams(agentName string, metadata string) (*agentDispatch, error) {
+	return r.createAgentDispatch(&livekit.AgentDispatch{
+		Id:        guid.New(guid.AgentDispatchPrefix),
+		AgentName: agentName,
+		Metadata:  metadata,
+		Room:      r.protoRoom.Name,
+	})
+}
+
 func (r *Room) createAgentDispatchesFromRoomAgent() {
 	if r.internal == nil {
 		return
diff --git a/pkg/service/agent_dispatch_service.go b/pkg/service/agent_dispatch_service.go
index 680c98268..c5cfe0bbf 100644
--- a/pkg/service/agent_dispatch_service.go
+++ b/pkg/service/agent_dispatch_service.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/livekit/protocol/livekit"
 	"github.com/livekit/protocol/rpc"
+	"github.com/livekit/protocol/utils/guid"
 )
 
 type AgentDispatchService struct {
@@ -39,7 +40,13 @@ func (ag *AgentDispatchService) CreateDispatch(ctx context.Context, req *livekit
 		return nil, twirpAuthError(err)
 	}
 
-	return ag.agentDispatchClient.CreateDispatch(ctx, ag.topicFormatter.RoomTopic(ctx, livekit.RoomName(req.Room)), req)
+	dispatch := &livekit.AgentDispatch{
+		Id:        guid.New(guid.AgentDispatchPrefix),
+		AgentName: req.AgentName,
+		Room:      req.Room,
+		Metadata:  req.Metadata,
+	}
+	return ag.agentDispatchClient.CreateDispatch(ctx, ag.topicFormatter.RoomTopic(ctx, livekit.RoomName(req.Room)), dispatch)
 }
 
 func (ag *AgentDispatchService) DeleteDispatch(ctx context.Context, req *livekit.DeleteAgentDispatchRequest) (*livekit.AgentDispatch, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/service/roommanager.go b/pkg/service/roommanager.go
index 2d80833ba..d97c2994a 100644
--- a/pkg/service/roommanager.go
+++ b/pkg/service/roommanager.go
@@ -885,13 +885,13 @@ func (r *RoomManager) ListDispatch(ctx context.Context, req *livekit.ListAgentDi
 	return ret, nil
 }
 
-func (r *RoomManager) CreateDispatch(ctx context.Context, req *livekit.CreateAgentDispatchRequest) (*livekit.AgentDispatch, error) {
+func (r *RoomManager) CreateDispatch(ctx context.Context, req *livekit.AgentDispatch) (*livekit.AgentDispatch, error) {
 	room := r.GetRoom(ctx, livekit.RoomName(req.Room))
 	if room == nil {
 		return nil, ErrRoomNotFound
 	}
 
-	disp, err := room.AddAgentDispatch(req.AgentName, req.Metadata)
+	disp, err := room.AddAgentDispatch(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}