diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 712406fd5..2b30b8c99 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/jxskiss/base62 v1.1.0
 	github.com/livekit/mageutil v0.0.0-20230125210925-54e8a70427c1
 	github.com/livekit/mediatransportutil v0.0.0-20230130133657-96cfb115473a
-	github.com/livekit/protocol v1.4.3-0.20230303025609-c0705dbb696a
+	github.com/livekit/protocol v1.4.3-0.20230306094455-176d6d15b6c0
 	github.com/livekit/psrpc v0.2.10-0.20230303054701-5853a56b4643
 	github.com/mackerelio/go-osstat v0.2.3
 	github.com/magefile/mage v1.14.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 27e513609..9c1534031 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ 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 v0.0.0-20230130133657-96cfb115473a h1:5UkGQpskXp7HcBmyrCwWtO7ygDWbqtjN09Yva4l/nyE=
 github.com/livekit/mediatransportutil v0.0.0-20230130133657-96cfb115473a/go.mod h1:1Dlx20JPoIKGP45eo+yuj0HjeE25zmyeX/EWHiPCjFw=
-github.com/livekit/protocol v1.4.3-0.20230303025609-c0705dbb696a h1:3yPLmATyLh6EJxXi80MYc2vapr6b5Y00nzg8Prvgha4=
-github.com/livekit/protocol v1.4.3-0.20230303025609-c0705dbb696a/go.mod h1:hkK/G0wwFiLUGp9F5kxeQxq2CQuIzkmfBwKhTsc71us=
+github.com/livekit/protocol v1.4.3-0.20230306094455-176d6d15b6c0 h1:GiHYcnREXQdA3Mt0c/asU6RaHFMIZ5avXVlnK/VE2k0=
+github.com/livekit/protocol v1.4.3-0.20230306094455-176d6d15b6c0/go.mod h1:hkK/G0wwFiLUGp9F5kxeQxq2CQuIzkmfBwKhTsc71us=
 github.com/livekit/psrpc v0.2.10-0.20230303054701-5853a56b4643 h1:ftDwqesgXMu0hUXFxf4KWAqqDIXz8BBdNnit3xc6RQA=
 github.com/livekit/psrpc v0.2.10-0.20230303054701-5853a56b4643/go.mod h1:K0j8f1PgLShR7Lx80KbmwFkDH2BvOnycXGV0OSRURKc=
 github.com/mackerelio/go-osstat v0.2.3 h1:jAMXD5erlDE39kdX2CU7YwCGRcxIO33u/p8+Fhe5dJw=
diff --git a/pkg/service/roommanager.go b/pkg/service/roommanager.go
index 805616db5..3f7db4b1a 100644
--- a/pkg/service/roommanager.go
+++ b/pkg/service/roommanager.go
@@ -610,6 +610,7 @@ func (r *RoomManager) handleRTCMessage(ctx context.Context, roomName livekit.Roo
 		up := &livekit.UserPacket{
 			Payload:         rm.SendData.Data,
 			DestinationSids: rm.SendData.DestinationSids,
+			Topic:           rm.SendData.Topic,
 		}
 		room.SendDataPacket(up, rm.SendData.Kind)
 	case *livekit.RTCNodeMessage_UpdateRoomMetadata: