diff --git a/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidget.ts b/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidget.ts
index 672c1b27b4..673ceac20a 100644
--- a/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidget.ts
+++ b/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidget.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
     type MatrixClient,
     ClientEvent,
     RoomStateEvent,
+    type ReceivedToDeviceMessage,
 } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
 import { KnownMembership } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/types";
 import {
@@ -360,7 +361,7 @@ export class StopGapWidget extends EventEmitter {
         this.client.on(ClientEvent.Event, this.onEvent);
         this.client.on(MatrixEventEvent.Decrypted, this.onEventDecrypted);
         this.client.on(RoomStateEvent.Events, this.onStateUpdate);
-        this.client.on(ClientEvent.ToDeviceEvent, this.onToDeviceEvent);
+        this.client.on(ClientEvent.ReceivedToDeviceMessage, this.onToDeviceMessage);
 
         this.messaging.on(
             `action:${WidgetApiFromWidgetAction.UpdateAlwaysOnScreen}`,
@@ -493,7 +494,7 @@ export class StopGapWidget extends EventEmitter {
         this.client.off(ClientEvent.Event, this.onEvent);
         this.client.off(MatrixEventEvent.Decrypted, this.onEventDecrypted);
         this.client.off(RoomStateEvent.Events, this.onStateUpdate);
-        this.client.off(ClientEvent.ToDeviceEvent, this.onToDeviceEvent);
+        this.client.off(ClientEvent.ReceivedToDeviceMessage, this.onToDeviceMessage);
     }
 
     private onEvent = (ev: MatrixEvent): void => {
@@ -513,10 +514,10 @@ export class StopGapWidget extends EventEmitter {
         });
     };
 
-    private onToDeviceEvent = async (ev: MatrixEvent): Promise<void> => {
-        await this.client.decryptEventIfNeeded(ev);
-        if (ev.isDecryptionFailure()) return;
-        await this.messaging?.feedToDevice(ev.getEffectiveEvent() as IRoomEvent, ev.isEncrypted());
+    private onToDeviceMessage = async (payload: ReceivedToDeviceMessage): Promise<void> => {
+        const { message, encryptionInfo } = payload;
+        // TODO: Update the widget API to use a proper IToDeviceMessage instead of a IRoomEvent
+        await this.messaging?.feedToDevice(message as IRoomEvent, encryptionInfo != null);
     };
 
     /**
diff --git a/test/unit-tests/stores/widgets/StopGapWidget-test.ts b/test/unit-tests/stores/widgets/StopGapWidget-test.ts
index d61070b1e4..9ce5f10240 100644
--- a/test/unit-tests/stores/widgets/StopGapWidget-test.ts
+++ b/test/unit-tests/stores/widgets/StopGapWidget-test.ts
@@ -83,16 +83,42 @@ describe("StopGapWidget", () => {
     });
 
     it("feeds incoming to-device messages to the widget", async () => {
-        const event = mkEvent({
-            event: true,
-            type: "org.example.foo",
-            user: "@alice:example.org",
-            content: { hello: "world" },
-        });
+        const receivedToDevice = {
+            message: {
+                type: "org.example.foo",
+                sender: "@alice:example.org",
+                content: {
+                    hello: "world",
+                },
+            },
+            encryptionInfo: null,
+        };
 
-        client.emit(ClientEvent.ToDeviceEvent, event);
+        client.emit(ClientEvent.ReceivedToDeviceMessage, receivedToDevice);
         await Promise.resolve(); // flush promises
-        expect(messaging.feedToDevice).toHaveBeenCalledWith(event.getEffectiveEvent(), false);
+        expect(messaging.feedToDevice).toHaveBeenCalledWith(receivedToDevice.message, false);
+    });
+
+    it("feeds incoming encrypted to-device messages to the widget", async () => {
+        const receivedToDevice = {
+            message: {
+                type: "org.example.foo",
+                sender: "@alice:example.org",
+                content: {
+                    hello: "world",
+                },
+            },
+            encryptionInfo: {
+                senderVerified: false,
+                sender: "@alice:example.org",
+                senderCurve25519KeyBase64: "",
+                senderDevice: "ABCDEFGHI",
+            },
+        };
+
+        client.emit(ClientEvent.ReceivedToDeviceMessage, receivedToDevice);
+        await Promise.resolve(); // flush promises
+        expect(messaging.feedToDevice).toHaveBeenCalledWith(receivedToDevice.message, true);
     });
 
     it("feeds incoming state updates to the widget", () => {