diff --git a/src/components/views/settings/BridgeTile.tsx b/src/components/views/settings/BridgeTile.tsx
index 062fdbeb6e..67f0eb7802 100644
--- a/src/components/views/settings/BridgeTile.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/settings/BridgeTile.tsx
@@ -70,10 +70,16 @@ export default class BridgeTile extends React.PureComponent<IProps> {
     render() {
         const content: IBridgeStateEvent = this.props.ev.getContent();
         // Validate
-        if (!content.bridgebot || !content.channel?.id || !content.protocol?.id) {
+        if (!content.channel?.id || !content.protocol?.id) {
             console.warn(`Bridge info event ${this.props.ev.getId()} has missing content. Tile will not render`);
             return null;
         }
+        if (!content.bridgebot) {
+            // Bridgebot was not required previously, so in order to not break rooms we are allowing
+            // the sender to be used in place. When the proposal is merged, this should be removed.
+            console.warn(`Bridge info event ${this.props.ev.getId()} does not provide a 'bridgebot' key which is deprecated behaviour. Using sender for now.`);
+            content.bridgebot = this.props.ev.getSender();
+        }
         const { channel, network, protocol } = content;
         const protocolName = protocol.displayname || protocol.id;
         const channelName = channel.displayname || channel.id;