diff --git a/mautrix_telegram/portal/metadata.py b/mautrix_telegram/portal/metadata.py
index a7b6ee45..d45ba2f0 100644
--- a/mautrix_telegram/portal/metadata.py
+++ b/mautrix_telegram/portal/metadata.py
@@ -747,15 +747,13 @@ class PortalMetadata(BasePortal, ABC):
         if isinstance(photo, (ChatPhoto, UserProfilePhoto)):
             loc = InputPeerPhotoFileLocation(
                 peer=await self.get_input_entity(user),
-                local_id=photo.photo_big.local_id,
-                volume_id=photo.photo_big.volume_id,
+                photo_id=photo.photo_id,
                 big=True
             )
-            photo_id = (f"{loc.volume_id}-{loc.local_id}" if isinstance(photo, ChatPhoto)
-                        else photo.photo_id)
+            photo_id = str(photo.photo_id)
         elif isinstance(photo, Photo):
-            loc, largest = self._get_largest_photo_size(photo)
-            photo_id = f"{largest.location.volume_id}-{largest.location.local_id}"
+            loc, _ = self._get_largest_photo_size(photo)
+            photo_id = str(loc.id)
         elif isinstance(photo, (UserProfilePhotoEmpty, ChatPhotoEmpty, PhotoEmpty, type(None))):
             photo_id = ""
             loc = None
diff --git a/mautrix_telegram/puppet.py b/mautrix_telegram/puppet.py
index d214faa0..9ebe92ef 100644
--- a/mautrix_telegram/puppet.py
+++ b/mautrix_telegram/puppet.py
@@ -344,8 +344,7 @@ class Puppet(BasePuppet):
 
             loc = InputPeerPhotoFileLocation(
                 peer=await self.get_input_entity(source),
-                local_id=photo.photo_big.local_id,
-                volume_id=photo.photo_big.volume_id,
+                photo_id=photo.photo_id,
                 big=True
             )
             file = await util.transfer_file_to_matrix(source.client, self.default_mxid_intent, loc)
diff --git a/mautrix_telegram/util/file_transfer.py b/mautrix_telegram/util/file_transfer.py
index 572ea559..2ba76271 100644
--- a/mautrix_telegram/util/file_transfer.py
+++ b/mautrix_telegram/util/file_transfer.py
@@ -102,8 +102,10 @@ def _location_to_id(location: TypeLocation) -> str:
         return f"{location.id}-{location.access_hash}"
     elif isinstance(location, (InputDocumentFileLocation, InputPhotoFileLocation)):
         return f"{location.id}-{location.access_hash}-{location.thumb_size}"
-    elif isinstance(location, (InputFileLocation, InputPeerPhotoFileLocation)):
+    elif isinstance(location, InputFileLocation):
         return f"{location.volume_id}-{location.local_id}"
+    elif isinstance(location, InputPeerPhotoFileLocation):
+        return str(location.photo_id)
 
 
 async def transfer_thumbnail_to_matrix(client: MautrixTelegramClient, intent: IntentAPI,
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 446589d8..3e5d9e46 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ commonmark>=0.8,<0.10
 aiohttp>=3,<4
 yarl>=1,<2
 mautrix>=0.9.7,<0.10
-telethon>=1.20,<1.22
+telethon>=1.22,<1.23
 telethon-session-sqlalchemy>=0.2.14,<0.3