diff --git a/mautrix_telegram/tgclient.py b/mautrix_telegram/tgclient.py
index 696f91cc..a137ce9f 100644
--- a/mautrix_telegram/tgclient.py
+++ b/mautrix_telegram/tgclient.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class MautrixTelegramClient(TelegramClient):
             message=message,
             entities=entities,
             no_webpage=not link_preview,
-            reply_to_msg_id=self._get_reply_to(reply_to)
+            reply_to_msg_id=self._get_message_id(reply_to)
         )
         result = await self(request)
         if isinstance(result, UpdateShortSentMessage):
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class MautrixTelegramClient(TelegramClient):
     async def send_file(self, entity, file, mime_type=None, caption=None, attributes=None,
                         file_name=None, reply_to=None, **kwargs):
         entity = await self.get_input_entity(entity)
-        reply_to = self._get_reply_to(reply_to)
+        reply_to = self._get_message_id(reply_to)
 
         file_handle = await self.upload_file(file, file_name=file_name, use_cache=False)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 208c4f5f..6f02919e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ setuptools.setup(
         "python-magic>=0.4.15,<0.5",
     ],
     dependency_links=[
-        ("https://github.com/LonamiWebs/Telethon/tarball/7da092894b306d720cc60c04daa2bfba58f81946#egg=Telethon"
+        ("https://github.com/LonamiWebs/Telethon/tarball/6e854325a8e0e800a4f337257293d09006946162#egg=Telethon"
          if sys.version_info > (3, 5)
-         else "https://github.com/tulir/Telethon/tarball/ac46abc9680c5a74897fe6dbe9e585ad2577b1fa#egg=Telethon")
+         else "https://github.com/tulir/Telethon/tarball/24dc21aea3305ef3bb8c7fcaef2025ae65d5c85e#egg=Telethon")
     ],
 
     classifiers=[