diff --git a/src/components/structures/MessagePanel.tsx b/src/components/structures/MessagePanel.tsx
index 5dd5ea0193..1a403ba506 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/MessagePanel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/MessagePanel.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { MatrixEvent } from 'matrix-js-sdk/src/models/event';
 import { Relations } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/relations";
 import { logger } from 'matrix-js-sdk/src/logger';
 import { RoomStateEvent } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/room-state";
+import { ReceiptType } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/@types/read_receipts";
 import { M_BEACON_INFO } from 'matrix-js-sdk/src/@types/beacon';
 
 import shouldHideEvent from '../../shouldHideEvent';
@@ -847,7 +848,7 @@ export default class MessagePanel extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
         }
         const receipts: IReadReceiptProps[] = [];
         room.getReceiptsForEvent(event).forEach((r) => {
-            if (!r.userId || r.type !== "m.read" || r.userId === myUserId) {
+            if (!r.userId || ![ReceiptType.Read, ReceiptType.ReadPrivate].includes(r.type) || r.userId === myUserId) {
                 return; // ignore non-read receipts and receipts from self.
             }
             if (MatrixClientPeg.get().isUserIgnored(r.userId)) {
diff --git a/src/components/structures/TimelinePanel.tsx b/src/components/structures/TimelinePanel.tsx
index a216f9e4cf..cdb3e8a4a7 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/TimelinePanel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/TimelinePanel.tsx
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { debounce } from 'lodash';
 import { logger } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/logger";
 import { ClientEvent } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/client";
 import { Thread } from 'matrix-js-sdk/src/models/thread';
+import { ReceiptType } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/@types/read_receipts";
 
 import SettingsStore from "../../settings/SettingsStore";
 import { Layout } from "../../settings/enums/Layout";
@@ -862,14 +863,14 @@ class TimelinePanel extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
             MatrixClientPeg.get().setRoomReadMarkers(
                 roomId,
                 this.state.readMarkerEventId,
-                lastReadEvent, // Could be null, in which case no RR is sent
-                { hidden: hiddenRR },
+                hiddenRR ? null : lastReadEvent, // Could be null, in which case no RR is sent
+                lastReadEvent, // Could be null, in which case no private RR is sent
             ).catch((e) => {
                 // /read_markers API is not implemented on this HS, fallback to just RR
                 if (e.errcode === 'M_UNRECOGNIZED' && lastReadEvent) {
                     return MatrixClientPeg.get().sendReadReceipt(
                         lastReadEvent,
-                        {},
+                        hiddenRR ? ReceiptType.ReadPrivate : ReceiptType.Read,
                     ).catch((e) => {
                         logger.error(e);
                         this.lastRRSentEventId = undefined;
diff --git a/src/utils/Receipt.ts b/src/utils/Receipt.ts
index 2a626decc4..4b1c0ffbfb 100644
--- a/src/utils/Receipt.ts
+++ b/src/utils/Receipt.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
+import { ReceiptType } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/@types/read_receipts";
 import { MatrixEvent } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/event";
 
 /**
@@ -29,9 +30,8 @@ export function findReadReceiptFromUserId(receiptEvent: MatrixEvent, userId: str
     const receiptKeys = Object.keys(receiptEvent.getContent());
     for (let i = 0; i < receiptKeys.length; ++i) {
         const rcpt = receiptEvent.getContent()[receiptKeys[i]];
-        if (rcpt['m.read'] && rcpt['m.read'][userId]) {
-            return rcpt;
-        }
+        if (rcpt[ReceiptType.Read]?.[userId]) return rcpt;
+        if (rcpt[ReceiptType.ReadPrivate]?.[userId]) return rcpt;
     }
 
     return null;
diff --git a/src/utils/read-receipts.ts b/src/utils/read-receipts.ts
index f05c3cc5f2..e416072576 100644
--- a/src/utils/read-receipts.ts
+++ b/src/utils/read-receipts.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import { MatrixEvent } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/event";
 import { MatrixClient } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/client";
+import { ReceiptType } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/@types/read_receipts";
 
 /**
  * Determines if a read receipt update event includes the client's own user.
@@ -26,8 +27,12 @@ import { MatrixClient } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/client";
 export function readReceiptChangeIsFor(event: MatrixEvent, client: MatrixClient): boolean {
     const myUserId = client.getUserId();
     for (const eventId of Object.keys(event.getContent())) {
-        const receiptUsers = Object.keys(event.getContent()[eventId]['m.read'] || {});
-        if (receiptUsers.includes(myUserId)) {
+        const readReceiptUsers = Object.keys(event.getContent()[eventId][ReceiptType.Read] || {});
+        if (readReceiptUsers.includes(myUserId)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        const readPrivateReceiptUsers = Object.keys(event.getContent()[eventId][ReceiptType.ReadPrivate] || {});
+        if (readPrivateReceiptUsers.includes(myUserId)) {
             return true;
         }
     }