diff --git a/gnu/packages/messaging.scm b/gnu/packages/messaging.scm
index 2cb357ff3a..695bc18ff4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/messaging.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/messaging.scm
@@ -1734,23 +1734,23 @@ notifications, and Python scripting support.")
 (define-public libqmatrixclient
   (package
     (name "libqmatrixclient")
-    (version "0.4.0")
+    (version "0.5.2")
     (source
      (origin
        (method git-fetch)
        (uri (git-reference
               (url "https://github.com/QMatrixClient/libqmatrixclient")
-              (commit (string-append "v" version))))
+              (commit version)))
        (file-name (git-file-name name version))
        (sha256
-        (base32
-         "1llzqjagvp91kcg26q5c4qw9aaz7wna3rh6k06rc3baivrjqf3cn"))))
+        (base32 "1bhlqfs7251fss4icx794ka614npr6zyrpp4qwc4q5408ykfm7lr"))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
     (inputs
-     `(("qtbase" ,qtbase)))
+     `(("qtbase" ,qtbase)
+       ("qtmultimedia" ,qtmultimedia)))
     (arguments
      `(#:configure-flags (list "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON")
-       #:tests? #f)) ; No tests
+       #:tests? #f))                    ; no tests
     (home-page "https://matrix.org/docs/projects/sdk/libqmatrixclient.html")
     (synopsis "Qt5 client library for the Matrix instant messaging protocol")
     (description "libqmatrixclient is a Qt5 library to write clients for the