diff --git a/lib/src/room.dart b/lib/src/room.dart
index 870fac3d..939aadd2 100644
--- a/lib/src/room.dart
+++ b/lib/src/room.dart
@@ -251,6 +251,18 @@ class Room {
           ? getState(EventTypes.RoomCanonicalAlias).content['alias']
           : '';
 
+  /// Sets the canonical alias. If the [canonicalAlias] is not yet an alias of
+  /// this room, it will create one.
+  Future<void> setCanonicalAlias(String canonicalAlias) async {
+    final aliases = await client.requestRoomAliases(id);
+    if (!aliases.contains(canonicalAlias)) {
+      await client.createRoomAlias(canonicalAlias, id);
+    }
+    await client.sendState(id, EventTypes.RoomCanonicalAlias, {
+      'alias': canonicalAlias,
+    });
+  }
+
   /// If this room is a direct chat, this is the matrix ID of the user.
   /// Returns null otherwise.
   String get directChatMatrixID {
@@ -1643,17 +1655,6 @@ class Room {
     );
   }
 
-  /// Returns all aliases for this room.
-  List<String> get aliases {
-    final aliases = <String>[];
-    for (final aliasEvent in states[EventTypes.RoomAliases].values) {
-      if (aliasEvent.content['aliases'] is List) {
-        aliases.addAll(aliasEvent.content['aliases']);
-      }
-    }
-    return aliases;
-  }
-
   /// A room may be public meaning anyone can join the room without any prior action. Alternatively,
   /// it can be invite meaning that a user who wishes to join the room must first receive an invite
   /// to the room from someone already inside of the room. Currently, knock and private are reserved
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 4544c10a..5481a3a5 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies:
   olm: ^2.0.0
   isolate: ^2.0.3
   logger: ^1.0.0
-  matrix_api_lite: ^0.2.4
+  matrix_api_lite: ^0.2.6
 
 dev_dependencies:
   test: ^1.15.7