diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 118e688b..323d4628 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         "@keyv/valkey": "^1.0.8",
         "@lukehagar/plexjs": "^0.39.0",
         "@pierre/diffs": "^1.2.4",
-        "@rocksky/sdk": "^0.2.2",
+        "@rocksky/sdk": "^0.3.0",
         "@supercharge/promise-pool": "^3.0.0",
         "@svrooij/sonos": "^2.5.0",
         "@xhayper/discord-rpc": "1.3.0",
@@ -4669,9 +4669,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@rocksky/sdk": {
-      "version": "0.2.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@rocksky/sdk/-/sdk-0.2.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-2tZCy7Phd/+gcuSwEfBpnJsLcPYkq+dH9UbZNK0nKxo6tHNWBZfeAJ5zwqUTsasQtQ1lLEYHnO5HInr/koqO2w==",
+      "version": "0.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@rocksky/sdk/-/sdk-0.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-6gYufTupi21fwJKpNOK5btZ/fGCSufzJqbtigiTIxodsg6xJEwS/bHOr7/XxfXqOy4X798BLOi5Fr4A/CTQfCA==",
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/@rolldown/binding-android-arm64": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b3066be8..105d2846 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     "@keyv/valkey": "^1.0.8",
     "@lukehagar/plexjs": "^0.39.0",
     "@pierre/diffs": "^1.2.4",
-    "@rocksky/sdk": "^0.2.2",
+    "@rocksky/sdk": "^0.3.0",
     "@supercharge/promise-pool": "^3.0.0",
     "@svrooij/sonos": "^2.5.0",
     "@xhayper/discord-rpc": "1.3.0",
diff --git a/src/backend/common/vendor/RockSkyApiClient.ts b/src/backend/common/vendor/RockSkyApiClient.ts
index 7f256aa0..846cf4f8 100644
--- a/src/backend/common/vendor/RockSkyApiClient.ts
+++ b/src/backend/common/vendor/RockSkyApiClient.ts
@@ -303,10 +303,18 @@ export const rockskyScrobbleToPlay = (obj: RockskyScrobble, opts: {playId?: stri
     return baseFormatPlayObj(obj, play);
 }
 
-export const playToRockskyRecord = (play: PlayObject): CreateScrobbleInput => {
-    const csi: CreateScrobbleInput = {
+// TODO remove once albumArtist is correctly included in CreateScrobbleInput interface
+type RealCreateScrobbleInput = CreateScrobbleInput & {albumArtist: string};
+
+export const playToRockskyRecord = (play: PlayObject): RealCreateScrobbleInput => {
+    const artistStr = artistCreditsToNames(play.data.artists).join(', ');
+
+    const csi: RealCreateScrobbleInput = {
         title: play.data.track,
-        artist: artistCreditsToNames(play.data.artists).join(', '),
+        artist: artistStr,
+        // albumArtist is a required field on rocksky server-side
+        // tsiry's advice is that if there really is no album artists then just use the same value as artist
+        albumArtist: (play.data.albumArtists ?? []).length === 0 ? artistStr : artistCreditsToNames(play.data.albumArtists).join(', '),
         album: play.data.album,
         mbId: play.data.meta?.brainz?.track,
         isrc: play.data.isrc,