diff --git a/matrix_sdk/examples/command_bot.rs b/matrix_sdk/examples/command_bot.rs
index 4f2d9fea..8c12fd5a 100644
--- a/matrix_sdk/examples/command_bot.rs
+++ b/matrix_sdk/examples/command_bot.rs
@@ -38,12 +38,8 @@ impl EventEmitter for CommandBot {
             };
 
             if msg_body.contains("!party") {
-                let content = AnyMessageEventContent::RoomMessage(MessageEventContent::Text(
-                    TextMessageEventContent {
-                        body: "🎉🎊🥳 let's PARTY!! 🥳🎊🎉".to_string(),
-                        formatted: None,
-                        relates_to: None,
-                    },
+                let content = AnyMessageEventContent::RoomMessage(MessageEventContent::text_plain(
+                    "🎉🎊🥳 let's PARTY!! 🥳🎊🎉",
                 ));
                 // we clone here to hold the lock for as little time as possible.
                 let room_id = room.read().await.room_id.clone();
diff --git a/matrix_sdk/src/client.rs b/matrix_sdk/src/client.rs
index 29f90ba1..7d465fd7 100644
--- a/matrix_sdk/src/client.rs
+++ b/matrix_sdk/src/client.rs
@@ -1945,10 +1945,7 @@ mod test {
         },
         assign,
         directory::Filter,
-        events::{
-            room::message::{MessageEventContent, TextMessageEventContent},
-            AnyMessageEventContent,
-        },
+        events::{room::message::MessageEventContent, AnyMessageEventContent},
         identifiers::{event_id, room_id, user_id},
         thirdparty,
     };
@@ -2490,13 +2487,8 @@ mod test {
 
         let room_id = room_id!("!testroom:example.org");
 
-        let content = AnyMessageEventContent::RoomMessage(MessageEventContent::Text(
-            TextMessageEventContent {
-                body: "Hello world".to_owned(),
-                relates_to: None,
-                formatted: None,
-            },
-        ));
+        let content =
+            AnyMessageEventContent::RoomMessage(MessageEventContent::text_plain("Hello world"));
         let txn_id = Uuid::new_v4();
         let response = client
             .room_send(&room_id, content, Some(txn_id))
diff --git a/matrix_sdk_common/Cargo.toml b/matrix_sdk_common/Cargo.toml
index 88cbc7af..d348a0d1 100644
--- a/matrix_sdk_common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/matrix_sdk_common/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ js_int = "0.1.9"
 [dependencies.ruma]
 version = "0.0.1"
 git = "https://github.com/ruma/ruma"
-rev = "ee4280cea2f8d24c7f747fd57776fe72d50ce744"
+rev = "48d1c9747561686e1c5627405780f6de01ee17b1"
 features = ["client-api", "unstable-pre-spec"]
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]