diff --git a/containers/synapse/Containerfile b/containers/synapse/Containerfile
index a5cba8d..361bdfc 100644
--- a/containers/synapse/Containerfile
+++ b/containers/synapse/Containerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM matrixdotorg/synapse:v1.120.2
+FROM matrixdotorg/synapse:v1.121.1
 RUN pip install boto3 humanize tqdm
 # there is probably a better way to figure out where the site packages are
 # this used to be hard coded to /usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages but then synapse updated it's minor python version and it broke
diff --git a/k8s/matrix/janky.bot-homeserver.yaml b/k8s/matrix/janky.bot-homeserver.yaml
index ab79daa..1061852 100644
--- a/k8s/matrix/janky.bot-homeserver.yaml
+++ b/k8s/matrix/janky.bot-homeserver.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ spec:
             - secretRef:
                 name: synapse-janky-bot
       containers:
-      - image: matrixdotorg/synapse:v1.120.2
+      - image: matrixdotorg/synapse:v1.121.1
         name: synapse
         resources: {}
         volumeMounts: