diff --git a/roles/matrix/tasks/main.yml b/roles/matrix/tasks/main.yml
index dbeac328b8baca8e5317e9bd1b38b7f995473972..cba5d2197947ba30f21ac1e528908adb8bd16eb6 100644
--- a/roles/matrix/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/matrix/tasks/main.yml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 - name: Install synapse
   pip:
     name:
-      - 'matrix-synapse[postgres,systemd,url_preview,redis,oidc,user-search]==1.77.0'
+      - 'matrix-synapse[postgres,systemd,url_preview,redis,oidc,user-search]==1.78.0'
     state: latest
     extra_args: '--upgrade-strategy=eager'
     virtualenv: /var/lib/synapse/venv