diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 827b5b3c6..78a0413e9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1482,9 +1482,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "eyeball"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "01fb4d0bc50820a1c925b6b65ad230ce8ca59f689418fb35af560e41df208523"
+checksum = "9c7d4d5c74ff8f207f198a2ae38b42065efd0c25d5186f4e1bd1cc3cf24b2663"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "readlock",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5ea1b99f4..9d2d8d753 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ base64 = "0.21.0"
 byteorder = "1.4.3"
 ctor = "0.2.0"
 dashmap = "5.2.0"
-eyeball = "0.7.0"
+eyeball = "0.8.3"
 eyeball-im = "0.2.0"
 eyeball-im-util = "0.2.1"
 futures-core = "0.3.28"
diff --git a/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/client.rs b/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/client.rs
index 55c69314e..55b17efe5 100644
--- a/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/client.rs
+++ b/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/client.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Context};
-use eyeball::shared::Observable as SharedObservable;
+use eyeball::SharedObservable;
 use matrix_sdk::{
     media::{MediaFileHandle as SdkMediaFileHandle, MediaFormat, MediaRequest, MediaThumbnailSize},
     room::Room as SdkRoom,
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk-base/src/client.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk-base/src/client.rs
index 7b786c1b8..676c1fafc 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk-base/src/client.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk-base/src/client.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use std::{
     sync::Arc,
 };
 
-use eyeball::{shared::Observable as SharedObservable, Subscriber};
+use eyeball::{SharedObservable, Subscriber};
 use matrix_sdk_common::instant::Instant;
 #[cfg(feature = "e2e-encryption")]
 use matrix_sdk_crypto::{
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/src/verification/qrcode.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/src/verification/qrcode.rs
index 362d90bb2..aacd0adda 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/src/verification/qrcode.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/src/verification/qrcode.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use eyeball::shared::{Observable as SharedObservable, ObservableWriteGuard};
+use eyeball::{ObservableWriteGuard, SharedObservable};
 use futures_core::Stream;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
 use matrix_sdk_qrcode::{
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/src/verification/requests.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/src/verification/requests.rs
index 3246eb71d..e10baa162 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/src/verification/requests.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/src/verification/requests.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 use std::{ops::Add, sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 
-use eyeball::shared::{Observable as SharedObservable, ObservableWriteGuard, WeakObservable};
+use eyeball::{ObservableWriteGuard, SharedObservable, WeakObservable};
 use futures_core::Stream;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
 use matrix_sdk_common::instant::Instant;
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/src/verification/sas/mod.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/src/verification/sas/mod.rs
index a2c29d4bd..322304c8c 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/src/verification/sas/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk-crypto/src/verification/sas/mod.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ mod sas_state;
 
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use eyeball::shared::{Observable as SharedObservable, ObservableWriteGuard};
+use eyeball::{ObservableWriteGuard, SharedObservable};
 use futures_core::Stream;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
 use inner_sas::InnerSas;
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/src/room_list_service/mod.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/src/room_list_service/mod.rs
index 6c4c712da..68cf7a0f5 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/src/room_list_service/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/src/room_list_service/mod.rs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ mod state;
 use std::{collections::BTreeMap, future::ready, sync::Arc};
 
 use async_stream::stream;
-use eyeball::{shared::Observable, Subscriber};
+use eyeball::{SharedObservable, Subscriber};
 use futures_util::{pin_mut, Stream, StreamExt};
 pub use matrix_sdk::RoomListEntry;
 use matrix_sdk::{
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ pub struct RoomListService {
     /// The current state of the `RoomListService`.
     ///
     /// `RoomListService` is a simple state-machine.
-    state: Observable<State>,
+    state: SharedObservable<State>,
 
     /// Room cache, to avoid recreating `Room`s everytime users fetch them.
     rooms: Arc<RwLock<BTreeMap<OwnedRoomId, Room>>>,
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ impl RoomListService {
 
         Ok(Self {
             sliding_sync,
-            state: Observable::new(State::Init),
+            state: SharedObservable::new(State::Init),
             rooms: Default::default(),
             viewport_ranges: Mutex::new(vec![VISIBLE_ROOMS_DEFAULT_RANGE]),
         })
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/src/room_list_service/room_list.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/src/room_list_service/room_list.rs
index 5d8821b11..ef5d92e3b 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/src/room_list_service/room_list.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/src/room_list_service/room_list.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 use std::future::ready;
 
-use eyeball::{shared::Observable, Subscriber};
+use eyeball::{SharedObservable, Subscriber};
 use eyeball_im::{Vector, VectorDiff};
 use futures_util::{pin_mut, Stream, StreamExt};
 use matrix_sdk::{
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ use super::{Error, State};
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct RoomList {
     sliding_sync_list: SlidingSyncList,
-    loading_state: Observable<RoomListLoadingState>,
+    loading_state: SharedObservable<RoomListLoadingState>,
     loading_state_task: JoinHandle<()>,
 }
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ impl RoomList {
             .on_list(sliding_sync_list_name, |list| ready(list.clone()))
             .await
             .ok_or_else(|| Error::UnknownList(sliding_sync_list_name.to_owned()))?;
-        let loading_state = Observable::new(RoomListLoadingState::NotLoaded);
+        let loading_state = SharedObservable::new(RoomListLoadingState::NotLoaded);
 
         Ok(Self {
             sliding_sync_list: sliding_sync_list.clone(),
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/src/timeline/futures.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/src/timeline/futures.rs
index c42b77130..00914e7a2 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/src/timeline/futures.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk-ui/src/timeline/futures.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::{
     pin::Pin,
 };
 
-use eyeball::{shared::Observable as SharedObservable, Subscriber};
+use eyeball::{SharedObservable, Subscriber};
 use matrix_sdk::{attachment::AttachmentConfig, room::Room, TransmissionProgress};
 use mime::Mime;
 
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/client/futures.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/client/futures.rs
index c118422bf..0d9fef8b4 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/client/futures.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/client/futures.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use cfg_vis::cfg_vis;
-use eyeball::shared::Observable as SharedObservable;
+use eyeball::SharedObservable;
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 use eyeball::Subscriber;
 use ruma::api::{client::error::ErrorKind, error::FromHttpResponseError, OutgoingRequest};
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/client/mod.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/client/mod.rs
index 7706dad3e..2c4a17236 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/client/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/client/mod.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use dashmap::DashMap;
-use eyeball::{shared::Observable as SharedObservable, unique::Observable, Subscriber};
+use eyeball::{Observable, SharedObservable, Subscriber};
 use futures_core::Stream;
 #[cfg(feature = "e2e-encryption")]
 use matrix_sdk_base::crypto::store::locks::CryptoStoreLock;
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/encryption/futures.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/encryption/futures.rs
index d6f96db8b..ea61365ba 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/encryption/futures.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/encryption/futures.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use cfg_vis::cfg_vis;
-use eyeball::shared::Observable as SharedObservable;
+use eyeball::SharedObservable;
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 use eyeball::Subscriber;
 use ruma::events::room::{EncryptedFile, EncryptedFileInit};
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/encryption/mod.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/encryption/mod.rs
index 61bf0816a..f891da56e 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/encryption/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/encryption/mod.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use std::{
     path::PathBuf,
 };
 
-use eyeball::shared::Observable as SharedObservable;
+use eyeball::SharedObservable;
 use futures_util::{
     future::try_join,
     stream::{self, StreamExt},
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/http_client/mod.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/http_client/mod.rs
index f6ea0caac..96b6bfe68 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/http_client/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/http_client/mod.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use std::{
 
 use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
 use bytesize::ByteSize;
-use eyeball::shared::Observable as SharedObservable;
+use eyeball::SharedObservable;
 use ruma::{
     api::{
         error::{FromHttpResponseError, IntoHttpError},
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/http_client/native.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/http_client/native.rs
index 5ce69efa4..bc3be115b 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/http_client/native.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/http_client/native.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use std::{
 use backoff::{future::retry, Error as RetryError, ExponentialBackoff};
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use bytesize::ByteSize;
-use eyeball::shared::Observable as SharedObservable;
+use eyeball::SharedObservable;
 use ruma::api::{
     client::error::{ErrorBody as ClientApiErrorBody, ErrorKind as ClientApiErrorKind},
     error::FromHttpResponseError,
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/http_client/wasm.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/http_client/wasm.rs
index 0071c2eaf..d6de1321a 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/http_client/wasm.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/http_client/wasm.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use std::fmt::Debug;
 
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use bytesize::ByteSize;
-use eyeball::shared::Observable as SharedObservable;
+use eyeball::SharedObservable;
 use ruma::api::{error::FromHttpResponseError, IncomingResponse, OutgoingRequest};
 
 use super::{response_to_http_response, HttpClient, TransmissionProgress};
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/matrix_auth/mod.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/matrix_auth/mod.rs
index ef0285046..4b4030715 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/matrix_auth/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/matrix_auth/mod.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use std::fmt;
 #[cfg(feature = "sso-login")]
 use std::future::Future;
 
-use eyeball::shared::Observable as SharedObservable;
+use eyeball::SharedObservable;
 use futures_core::Stream;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
 use matrix_sdk_base::SessionMeta;
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/media.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/media.rs
index 3a78801e2..3ad2142b3 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/media.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/media.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use std::io::Read;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
-use eyeball::shared::Observable as SharedObservable;
+use eyeball::SharedObservable;
 use futures_util::future::try_join;
 pub use matrix_sdk_base::media::*;
 use mime::Mime;
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/room/joined/futures.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/room/joined/futures.rs
index ff10e2fa5..562cc6b12 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/room/joined/futures.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/room/joined/futures.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::{
     pin::Pin,
 };
 
-use eyeball::shared::Observable as SharedObservable;
+use eyeball::SharedObservable;
 use mime::Mime;
 use ruma::api::client::message::send_message_event;
 use tracing::{Instrument, Span};
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/room/joined/mod.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/room/joined/mod.rs
index bcc01ec53..480954eb3 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/room/joined/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/room/joined/mod.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::{borrow::Borrow, ops::Deref};
 
-use eyeball::shared::Observable as SharedObservable;
+use eyeball::SharedObservable;
 #[cfg(feature = "e2e-encryption")]
 use matrix_sdk_base::RoomMemberships;
 use matrix_sdk_common::instant::{Duration, Instant};
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/sliding_sync/list/builder.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/sliding_sync/list/builder.rs
index c70cb48d4..debf8d198 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/sliding_sync/list/builder.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/sliding_sync/list/builder.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::{
     sync::{Arc, RwLock as StdRwLock},
 };
 
-use eyeball::unique::Observable;
+use eyeball::Observable;
 use eyeball_im::ObservableVector;
 use imbl::Vector;
 use ruma::{
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/sliding_sync/list/mod.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/sliding_sync/list/mod.rs
index ea0c02751..2e417a2c1 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/sliding_sync/list/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/sliding_sync/list/mod.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 pub use builder::*;
-use eyeball::unique::Observable;
+use eyeball::Observable;
 use eyeball_im::{ObservableVector, VectorDiff};
 use eyeball_im_util::{FilterVectorSubscriber, VectorExt};
 pub(super) use frozen::FrozenSlidingSyncList;
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/sync.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/sync.rs
index 546b3afde..820074b53 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/sync.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/sync.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use std::{
     time::Duration,
 };
 
-use eyeball::unique::Observable;
+use eyeball::Observable;
 pub use matrix_sdk_base::sync::*;
 use matrix_sdk_base::{
     debug::{DebugInvitedRoom, DebugListOfRawEventsNoId, DebugNotificationMap},