diff --git a/src/handlers/space-updated-handler.ts b/src/handlers/space-updated-handler.ts
index 3fca20facda03fee5ea000c5c416752c63ef840a..aa14d90868379a282590d6fc39b45a2d488cd340 100644
--- a/src/handlers/space-updated-handler.ts
+++ b/src/handlers/space-updated-handler.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   getHoliSpaceRoomsSharedData,
   hasRoomUpdatedValues,
   isSpaceGeneralRoomSharedData,
+  setRoomAvatar,
   setRoomSharedData,
 } from '../helpers/rooms'
 
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ export const spaceUpdatedHandler = async (messageId: string, payload: SpaceUpdat
       if (!hasRoomUpdatedValues(sharedData, spacePayload)) return
 
       await setRoomSharedData(roomId, sharedData.parentSpaceRoomId, spacePayload)
+      await setRoomAvatar(roomId, spacePayload.avatar)
     })
   } catch (error) {
     throw new Error(`Failed to create space ${error}`)
diff --git a/src/helpers/rooms.ts b/src/helpers/rooms.ts
index 60e7aa725327bc42dd8a7a9c99205fae099c7580..e7e166c09cb5f95910ba1e8c6cf375c4978743ff 100644
--- a/src/helpers/rooms.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/rooms.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { EventType } from 'matrix-js-sdk'
 import { CHAT_ADMIN_ACCESS_TOKEN, CHAT_SERVER_NAME, CHAT_SERVER_URL } from '../constants'
 import { SpacePayload } from '../types'
 import { chatClient } from './_chatClient'
@@ -103,12 +104,11 @@ export const getRoomIdsForHoliSpace = async (holiSpaceId: string, searchTerm?: s
 export const setRoomSharedData = async (
   roomId: string,
   parentSpaceRoomId: string,
-  { id, name, avatar, avatarDefaultColor }: SpacePayload
+  { id, name, avatarDefaultColor }: SpacePayload
 ) => {
   await chatClient.sendStateEvent(roomId, ChatRoomEvent.SharedData, {
     holiSpaceId: id,
     spaceName: name,
-    avatar,
     avatarDefaultColor,
     parentSpaceRoomId,
   })
@@ -172,3 +172,7 @@ export const hasRoomUpdatedValues = (
   const { name: newSpaceName, avatar: newAvatar, avatarDefaultColor: newAvatarDefaultColor } = spacePayload
   return spaceName !== newSpaceName || avatar !== newAvatar || avatarDefaultColor !== newAvatarDefaultColor
 }
+
+export const setRoomAvatar = (roomId: string, avatarUrl: string) => {
+  return chatClient.sendStateEvent(roomId, EventType.RoomAvatar, { url: avatarUrl })
+}