diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d8bb2a7..5a775bb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0
 	maunium.net/go/mauflag v1.0.0
 	maunium.net/go/maulogger/v2 v2.2.4
-	maunium.net/go/mautrix v0.8.7-0.20210304173449-b87e026581a5
+	maunium.net/go/mautrix v0.9.0
 )
 
 replace github.com/Rhymen/go-whatsapp => github.com/tulir/go-whatsapp v0.4.0-rc.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index afb7f33..f8476d2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -492,5 +492,7 @@ maunium.net/go/mautrix v0.8.7-0.20210304173149-2ab811a476a6 h1:Nsoc66dDiB/PDwqFm
 maunium.net/go/mautrix v0.8.7-0.20210304173149-2ab811a476a6/go.mod h1:mckyHSKKyI0PQF2K9MgWMMDUWH1meCNggE28ILTLuMg=
 maunium.net/go/mautrix v0.8.7-0.20210304173449-b87e026581a5 h1:Tbx+LMN+PkJBRdHPxfWh0CVicxrAgkKPF5KGIbdJT1g=
 maunium.net/go/mautrix v0.8.7-0.20210304173449-b87e026581a5/go.mod h1:mckyHSKKyI0PQF2K9MgWMMDUWH1meCNggE28ILTLuMg=
+maunium.net/go/mautrix v0.9.0 h1:+u2NDmNWUwOqUmlQgDiDo9gE0XLPqfB0UeZYwx9XghI=
+maunium.net/go/mautrix v0.9.0/go.mod h1:mckyHSKKyI0PQF2K9MgWMMDUWH1meCNggE28ILTLuMg=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UJmg0vDUVViEyp3mgSv9WPwZCDxu4rQW1olrI1uml+o=
 sourcegraph.com/sourcegraph/appdash v0.0.0-20190731080439-ebfcffb1b5c0/go.mod h1:hI742Nqp5OhwiqlzhgfbWU4mW4yO10fP+LoT9WOswdU=
diff --git a/portal.go b/portal.go
index e77b22f..7c2f9e0 100644
--- a/portal.go
+++ b/portal.go
@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ func (portal *Portal) HandleMediaMessage(source *User, msg mediaMessage) {
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, mautrix.MTooLarge) {
 			portal.sendMediaBridgeFailure(source, intent, msg.info, errors.New("homeserver rejected too large file"))
-		} else if httpErr := err.(mautrix.HTTPError); httpErr.IsStatus(413) {
+		} else if httpErr, ok := err.(mautrix.HTTPError); ok && httpErr.IsStatus(413) {
 			portal.sendMediaBridgeFailure(source, intent, msg.info, errors.New("proxy rejected too large file"))
 		} else {
 			portal.sendMediaBridgeFailure(source, intent, msg.info, fmt.Errorf("failed to upload media: %w", err))