diff --git a/cmd/resolve-state/main.go b/cmd/resolve-state/main.go
index 5be4490979..d6db724365 100644
--- a/cmd/resolve-state/main.go
+++ b/cmd/resolve-state/main.go
@@ -202,12 +202,25 @@ func main() {
 		authEvents[i] = authEventEntries[i].PDU
 	}
 
+	// Get the roomNID
+	roomInfo, err = roomserverDB.RoomInfo(ctx, authEvents[0].RoomID().String())
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
 	fmt.Println("Resolving state")
 	var resolved Events
 	resolved, err = gomatrixserverlib.ResolveConflicts(
 		gomatrixserverlib.RoomVersion(*roomVersion), events, authEvents, func(roomID spec.RoomID, senderID spec.SenderID) (*spec.UserID, error) {
 			return rsAPI.QueryUserIDForSender(ctx, roomID, senderID)
 		},
+		func(eventID string) bool {
+			isRejected, rejectedErr := roomserverDB.IsEventRejected(ctx, roomInfo.RoomNID, eventID)
+			if rejectedErr != nil {
+				return true
+			}
+			return isRejected
+		},
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e8fbbb81e7..de60d9b4e3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/matrix-org/dugong v0.0.0-20210921133753-66e6b1c67e2e
 	github.com/matrix-org/go-sqlite3-js v0.0.0-20220419092513-28aa791a1c91
 	github.com/matrix-org/gomatrix v0.0.0-20220926102614-ceba4d9f7530
-	github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20231023121512-16e7431168be
+	github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20231024124730-58af9a2712ca
 	github.com/matrix-org/pinecone v0.11.1-0.20230810010612-ea4c33717fd7
 	github.com/matrix-org/util v0.0.0-20221111132719-399730281e66
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.17
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 102ff3aa0d..955cdc11c1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ github.com/matrix-org/go-sqlite3-js v0.0.0-20220419092513-28aa791a1c91 h1:s7fexw
 github.com/matrix-org/go-sqlite3-js v0.0.0-20220419092513-28aa791a1c91/go.mod h1:e+cg2q7C7yE5QnAXgzo512tgFh1RbQLC0+jozuegKgo=
 github.com/matrix-org/gomatrix v0.0.0-20220926102614-ceba4d9f7530 h1:kHKxCOLcHH8r4Fzarl4+Y3K5hjothkVW5z7T1dUM11U=
 github.com/matrix-org/gomatrix v0.0.0-20220926102614-ceba4d9f7530/go.mod h1:/gBX06Kw0exX1HrwmoBibFA98yBk/jxKpGVeyQbff+s=
-github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20231023121512-16e7431168be h1:bZP16ydP8uRoRBo1p/7WHMexjg7JJGj81fKzZ1FULb4=
-github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20231023121512-16e7431168be/go.mod h1:M8m7seOroO5ePlgxA7AFZymnG90Cnh94rYQyngSrZkk=
+github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20231024124730-58af9a2712ca h1:JCP72vU4Vcmur2071RwYVOSoekR+ZjbC03wZD5lAAK0=
+github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20231024124730-58af9a2712ca/go.mod h1:M8m7seOroO5ePlgxA7AFZymnG90Cnh94rYQyngSrZkk=
 github.com/matrix-org/pinecone v0.11.1-0.20230810010612-ea4c33717fd7 h1:6t8kJr8i1/1I5nNttw6nn1ryQJgzVlBmSGgPiiaTdw4=
 github.com/matrix-org/pinecone v0.11.1-0.20230810010612-ea4c33717fd7/go.mod h1:ReWMS/LoVnOiRAdq9sNUC2NZnd1mZkMNB52QhpTRWjg=
 github.com/matrix-org/util v0.0.0-20221111132719-399730281e66 h1:6z4KxomXSIGWqhHcfzExgkH3Z3UkIXry4ibJS4Aqz2Y=
diff --git a/roomserver/internal/input/input_missing.go b/roomserver/internal/input/input_missing.go
index d9ab291e94..21493287e7 100644
--- a/roomserver/internal/input/input_missing.go
+++ b/roomserver/internal/input/input_missing.go
@@ -498,6 +498,13 @@ func (t *missingStateReq) resolveStatesAndCheck(ctx context.Context, roomVersion
 		roomVersion, gomatrixserverlib.ToPDUs(stateEventList), gomatrixserverlib.ToPDUs(authEventList), func(roomID spec.RoomID, senderID spec.SenderID) (*spec.UserID, error) {
 			return t.inputer.Queryer.QueryUserIDForSender(ctx, roomID, senderID)
 		},
+		func(eventID string) bool {
+			isRejected, err := t.db.IsEventRejected(ctx, t.roomInfo.RoomNID, eventID)
+			if err != nil {
+				return true
+			}
+			return isRejected
+		},
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/roomserver/internal/query/query.go b/roomserver/internal/query/query.go
index f87a3f7ed7..74b0102811 100644
--- a/roomserver/internal/query/query.go
+++ b/roomserver/internal/query/query.go
@@ -165,6 +165,13 @@ func (r *Queryer) QueryStateAfterEvents(
 			info.RoomVersion, gomatrixserverlib.ToPDUs(stateEvents), gomatrixserverlib.ToPDUs(authEvents), func(roomID spec.RoomID, senderID spec.SenderID) (*spec.UserID, error) {
 				return r.QueryUserIDForSender(ctx, roomID, senderID)
 			},
+			func(eventID string) bool {
+				isRejected, rejectedErr := r.DB.IsEventRejected(ctx, info.RoomNID, eventID)
+				if rejectedErr != nil {
+					return true
+				}
+				return isRejected
+			},
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("state.ResolveConflictsAdhoc: %w", err)
@@ -676,6 +683,13 @@ func (r *Queryer) QueryStateAndAuthChain(
 			info.RoomVersion, gomatrixserverlib.ToPDUs(stateEvents), gomatrixserverlib.ToPDUs(authEvents), func(roomID spec.RoomID, senderID spec.SenderID) (*spec.UserID, error) {
 				return r.QueryUserIDForSender(ctx, roomID, senderID)
 			},
+			func(eventID string) bool {
+				isRejected, rejectedErr := r.DB.IsEventRejected(ctx, info.RoomNID, eventID)
+				if rejectedErr != nil {
+					return true
+				}
+				return isRejected
+			},
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/roomserver/state/state.go b/roomserver/state/state.go
index 1e776ff6c8..dfd439a229 100644
--- a/roomserver/state/state.go
+++ b/roomserver/state/state.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ type StateResolutionStorage interface {
 	AddState(ctx context.Context, roomNID types.RoomNID, stateBlockNIDs []types.StateBlockNID, state []types.StateEntry) (types.StateSnapshotNID, error)
 	Events(ctx context.Context, roomVersion gomatrixserverlib.RoomVersion, eventNIDs []types.EventNID) ([]types.Event, error)
 	EventsFromIDs(ctx context.Context, roomInfo *types.RoomInfo, eventIDs []string) ([]types.Event, error)
+	IsEventRejected(ctx context.Context, roomNID types.RoomNID, eventID string) (bool, error)
 }
 
 type StateResolution struct {
@@ -1066,6 +1067,13 @@ func (v *StateResolution) resolveConflictsV2(
 			func(roomID spec.RoomID, senderID spec.SenderID) (*spec.UserID, error) {
 				return v.Querier.QueryUserIDForSender(ctx, roomID, senderID)
 			},
+			func(eventID string) bool {
+				isRejected, err := v.db.IsEventRejected(ctx, v.roomInfo.RoomNID, eventID)
+				if err != nil {
+					return true
+				}
+				return isRejected
+			},
 		)
 	}()
 
diff --git a/roomserver/storage/shared/room_updater.go b/roomserver/storage/shared/room_updater.go
index 70672a33e1..06284d2e33 100644
--- a/roomserver/storage/shared/room_updater.go
+++ b/roomserver/storage/shared/room_updater.go
@@ -250,3 +250,7 @@ func (u *RoomUpdater) MarkEventAsSent(eventNID types.EventNID) error {
 func (u *RoomUpdater) MembershipUpdater(targetUserNID types.EventStateKeyNID, targetLocal bool) (*MembershipUpdater, error) {
 	return u.d.membershipUpdaterTxn(u.ctx, u.txn, u.roomInfo.RoomNID, targetUserNID, targetLocal)
 }
+
+func (u *RoomUpdater) IsEventRejected(ctx context.Context, roomNID types.RoomNID, eventID string) (bool, error) {
+	return u.d.IsEventRejected(ctx, roomNID, eventID)
+}