diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/matrix/mautrix-telegram.nix b/nixos/modules/services/matrix/mautrix-telegram.nix
index 5a632fd27e80..b64cc71d9873 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/matrix/mautrix-telegram.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/matrix/mautrix-telegram.nix
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ in {
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
       wants = [ "network-online.target" ] ++ cfg.serviceDependencies;
       after = [ "network-online.target" ] ++ cfg.serviceDependencies;
-      path = [ pkgs.lottieconverter ];
+      path = [ pkgs.lottieconverter pkgs.ffmpeg-full ];
 
       # mautrix-telegram tries to generate a dotfile in the home directory of
       # the running user if using a postgresql database:
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mautrix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mautrix/default.nix
index dd3553419792..a764c3b4ed5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mautrix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mautrix/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "mautrix";
-  version = "0.19.3";
+  version = "0.19.4";
   format = "setuptools";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "mautrix";
     repo = "python";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-7nvy2/DUS2BkcyQUUG8+aT/JHcPu141e5YWOiccS6cU=";
+    hash = "sha256-zPcqM+Ge7K4pJD4K0MkkGdSiYvXxe0K1qbfHzVYmGx0=";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mautrix-telegram/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/mautrix-telegram/default.nix
index 2284a677b656..79864978af49 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mautrix-telegram/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mautrix-telegram/default.nix
@@ -2,34 +2,33 @@
 , python3
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , withE2BE ? true
-, withHQthumbnails ? false
 }:
 
 let
   python = python3.override {
     packageOverrides = self: super: {
       tulir-telethon = self.telethon.overridePythonAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
-        version = "1.27.0a7";
+        version = "1.28.0a1";
         pname = "tulir-telethon";
         src = super.fetchPypi {
           inherit pname version;
-          sha256 = "sha256-w4WILvLvJBKf3Nlj0omTCDDD4z+b0XFlCplQ/IHwIPs=";
+          hash = "sha256-Kf7S5nSvedhA5RYt5rbTxBiQq6DGwHJ5uEYxd9AsYIc=";
         };
         doCheck = false;
       });
     };
   };
 in
-python.pkgs.buildPythonPackage rec {
+python.pkgs.buildPythonPackage {
   pname = "mautrix-telegram";
-  version = "unstable-2023-01-28";
+  version = "unstable-2023-02-16";
   disabled = python.pythonOlder "3.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "mautrix";
     repo = "telegram";
-    rev = "f12abbe03846fd5897d58572ab24b70a58b337d2";
-    sha256 = "sha256-5ZZ85FOmTO26q2zhAIsF7mTlN4BLNLW2dQF+0culkUM=";
+    rev = "354b49d9e5f91f913b5fdf9288bc631a9a34d142";
+    hash = "sha256-zdK/0jgw++YwSzP8qs1BqInQlFOoM63TeI1jF1AqDnk=";
   };
 
   format = "setuptools";
@@ -59,9 +58,6 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonPackage rec {
     prometheus-client
     # sqlite
     aiosqlite
-  ] ++ lib.optionals withHQthumbnails [
-    # hq_thumbnails
-    moviepy
   ] ++ lib.optionals withE2BE [
     # e2be
     python-olm