diff --git a/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.js b/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.js
index 365f2ab1de..d9f21906fe 100644
--- a/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.js
+++ b/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import { isContentActionable } from '../../../utils/EventUtils';
 import {MenuItem} from "../../structures/ContextMenu";
 import {EventType} from "matrix-js-sdk/src/@types/event";
 import {replaceableComponent} from "../../../utils/replaceableComponent";
+import { ReadPinsEventId } from "../right_panel/PinnedMessagesCard";
 
 export function canCancel(eventStatus) {
     return eventStatus === EventStatus.QUEUED || eventStatus === EventStatus.NOT_SENT;
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ export default class MessageContextMenu extends React.Component {
         const canRedact = room.currentState.maySendRedactionForEvent(this.props.mxEvent, cli.credentials.userId)
             && this.props.mxEvent.getType() !== EventType.RoomServerAcl
             && this.props.mxEvent.getType() !== EventType.RoomEncryption;
-        let canPin = room.currentState.mayClientSendStateEvent('m.room.pinned_events', cli);
+        let canPin = room.currentState.mayClientSendStateEvent(EventType.RoomPinnedEvents, cli);
 
         // HACK: Intentionally say we can't pin if the user doesn't want to use the functionality
         if (!SettingsStore.getValue("feature_pinning")) canPin = false;
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ export default class MessageContextMenu extends React.Component {
 
     _isPinned() {
         const room = MatrixClientPeg.get().getRoom(this.props.mxEvent.getRoomId());
-        const pinnedEvent = room.currentState.getStateEvents('m.room.pinned_events', '');
+        const pinnedEvent = room.currentState.getStateEvents(EventType.RoomPinnedEvents, '');
         if (!pinnedEvent) return false;
         const content = pinnedEvent.getContent();
         return content.pinned && Array.isArray(content.pinned) && content.pinned.includes(this.props.mxEvent.getId());
@@ -165,25 +166,23 @@ export default class MessageContextMenu extends React.Component {
     };
 
     onPinClick = () => {
-        MatrixClientPeg.get().getStateEvent(this.props.mxEvent.getRoomId(), 'm.room.pinned_events', '')
-            .catch((e) => {
-                // Intercept the Event Not Found error and fall through the promise chain with no event.
-                if (e.errcode === "M_NOT_FOUND") return null;
-                throw e;
-            })
-            .then((event) => {
-                const eventIds = (event ? event.pinned : []) || [];
-                if (!eventIds.includes(this.props.mxEvent.getId())) {
-                    // Not pinned - add
-                    eventIds.push(this.props.mxEvent.getId());
-                } else {
-                    // Pinned - remove
-                    eventIds.splice(eventIds.indexOf(this.props.mxEvent.getId()), 1);
-                }
+        const cli = MatrixClientPeg.get();
+        const room = cli.getRoom(this.props.mxEvent.getRoomId());
+        const eventId = this.props.mxEvent.getId();
 
-                const cli = MatrixClientPeg.get();
-                cli.sendStateEvent(this.props.mxEvent.getRoomId(), 'm.room.pinned_events', {pinned: eventIds}, '');
+        const pinnedIds = room?.currentState?.getStateEvents(EventType.RoomPinnedEvents, "")?.pinned || [];
+        if (pinnedIds.includes(eventId)) {
+            pinnedIds.splice(pinnedIds.indexOf(eventId), 1);
+        } else {
+            pinnedIds.push(eventId);
+            cli.setRoomAccountData(room.roomId, ReadPinsEventId, {
+                event_ids: [
+                    ...room.getAccountData(ReadPinsEventId)?.getContent()?.event_ids,
+                    eventId,
+                ],
             });
+        }
+        cli.sendStateEvent(this.props.mxEvent.getRoomId(), EventType.RoomPinnedEvents, { pinned: pinnedIds }, "");
         this.closeMenu();
     };
 
diff --git a/src/components/views/right_panel/PinnedMessagesCard.tsx b/src/components/views/right_panel/PinnedMessagesCard.tsx
index 48be8cd706..a3f1f2d9df 100644
--- a/src/components/views/right_panel/PinnedMessagesCard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/right_panel/PinnedMessagesCard.tsx
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export const usePinnedEvents = (room: Room): string[] => {
     return pinnedEvents;
 };
 
-const ReadPinsEventId = "im.vector.room.read_pins";
+export const ReadPinsEventId = "im.vector.room.read_pins";
 
 export const useReadPinnedEvents = (room: Room): Set<string> => {
     const [readPinnedEvents, setReadPinnedEvents] = useState<Set<string>>(new Set());