diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 640bc78..aa04a87 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,32 +1,20 @@
-ARG SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION=0.9.2
-ARG ZKGROUP_VERSION=0.8.2
-ARG LIBSIGNAL_CLIENT_VERSION=0.9.7
+ARG SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION=0.10.0
+ARG LIBSIGNAL_CLIENT_VERSION=0.11.0
 
 ARG SWAG_VERSION=1.6.7
-ARG GRAALVM_JAVA_VERSION=11
+ARG GRAALVM_JAVA_VERSION=17
 ARG GRAALVM_VERSION=21.3.0
 
 FROM golang:1.17-bullseye AS buildcontainer
 
 ARG SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION
-ARG ZKGROUP_VERSION
 ARG LIBSIGNAL_CLIENT_VERSION
 ARG SWAG_VERSION
 ARG GRAALVM_JAVA_VERSION
 ARG GRAALVM_VERSION
 
-COPY ext/libraries/zkgroup/v${ZKGROUP_VERSION} /tmp/zkgroup-libraries
 COPY ext/libraries/libsignal-client/v${LIBSIGNAL_CLIENT_VERSION} /tmp/libsignal-client-libraries
 
-# use architecture specific libzkgroup.so
-RUN arch="$(uname -m)"; \
-        case "$arch" in \
-            aarch64) echo "[DEBUG] Using arm64 zkgroup" && cp /tmp/zkgroup-libraries/arm64/libzkgroup.so /tmp/libzkgroup.so ;; \
-			armv7l) echo "[DEBUG] Using armv7 zkgroup" && cp /tmp/zkgroup-libraries/armv7/libzkgroup.so /tmp/libzkgroup.so ;; \
-            x86_64) echo "[DEBUG] Using x86-64 zkgroup" && cp /tmp/zkgroup-libraries/x86-64/libzkgroup.so /tmp/libzkgroup.so ;; \ 
-			*) echo "Unknown architecture" && exit 1 ;; \
-        esac;
-
 # use architecture specific libsignal_jni.so
 RUN arch="$(uname -m)"; \
         case "$arch" in \
@@ -37,14 +25,14 @@ RUN arch="$(uname -m)"; \
         esac;
 
 RUN apt-get update \
-	&& apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends wget default-jre software-properties-common git locales zip file build-essential libz-dev zlib1g-dev \
+	&& apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends wget openjdk-17-jre software-properties-common git locales zip file build-essential libz-dev zlib1g-dev \
 	&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* 
 
 RUN sed -i -e 's/# en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/' /etc/locale.gen && \
     dpkg-reconfigure --frontend=noninteractive locales && \
     update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 
-ENV PATH="/root/.cargo/bin:${PATH}"
+ENV JAVA_OPTS="-Djdk.lang.Process.launchMechanism=vfork"
 
 ENV LANG en_US.UTF-8
 
@@ -57,14 +45,8 @@ RUN cd /tmp/ \
 	&& rm -r /tmp/swag-${SWAG_VERSION}
 
 RUN cd /tmp/ \
-	&& git clone https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli.git signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION} \
-	&& cd signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION} \
-	&& git checkout v${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION} \
-	&& cp /tmp/libzkgroup.so ./lib/src/main/resources/libzkgroup.so \
-	&& cp /tmp/libsignal_jni.so ./lib/src/main/resources/libsignal_jni.so \
-	&& ./gradlew build \
-	&& ./gradlew installDist \
-	&& ./gradlew distTar
+	&& wget https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli/releases/download/v${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}.tar.gz -O /tmp/signal-cli.tar.gz \
+	&& tar xvf signal-cli.tar.gz
 
 # build native image with graalvm
 
@@ -73,57 +55,44 @@ RUN arch="$(uname -m)"; \
             aarch64) wget https://github.com/graalvm/graalvm-ce-builds/releases/download/vm-${GRAALVM_VERSION}/graalvm-ce-java${GRAALVM_JAVA_VERSION}-linux-aarch64-${GRAALVM_VERSION}.tar.gz -O /tmp/gvm.tar.gz ;; \
             armv7l) echo "GRAALVM doesn't support 32bit" ;; \
             x86_64) wget https://github.com/graalvm/graalvm-ce-builds/releases/download/vm-${GRAALVM_VERSION}/graalvm-ce-java${GRAALVM_JAVA_VERSION}-linux-amd64-${GRAALVM_VERSION}.tar.gz -O /tmp/gvm.tar.gz ;; \ 
+			*) echo "Invalid architecture" ;; \
         esac;
 
-RUN if [ "$(uname -m)" = "aarch64" ] || [ "$(uname -m)" = "x86_64" ]; then \
-		cd /tmp && tar xvf gvm.tar.gz \
+RUN if [ "$(uname -m)" = "x86_64" ]; then \
+		cd /tmp \
+		&& git clone https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli.git signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}-source \
+		&& cd signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}-source \
+		&& git checkout v${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION} \
+		&& cd /tmp && tar xvf gvm.tar.gz \
 		&& export GRAALVM_HOME=/tmp/graalvm-ce-java${GRAALVM_JAVA_VERSION}-${GRAALVM_VERSION} \
 		&& export PATH=/tmp/graalvm-ce-java${GRAALVM_JAVA_VERSION}-${GRAALVM_VERSION}/bin:$PATH \
-		&& cd /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION} \
+		&& cd /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}-source \
 		&& chmod +x /tmp/graalvm-ce-java${GRAALVM_JAVA_VERSION}-${GRAALVM_VERSION}/bin/gu \ 
 		&& /tmp/graalvm-ce-java${GRAALVM_JAVA_VERSION}-${GRAALVM_VERSION}/bin/gu install native-image \
 		&& ./gradlew nativeCompile; \
-    elif [ "$(uname -m)" = "armv7l" ]; then \
+	elif [ "$(uname -m)" = "aarch64" ] ; then \
+		echo "GRAALVM for aarch64 temporarily disabled" \
+		&& echo "Creating temporary file, otherwise the below copy doesn't work for aarch64" \
+		&& mkdir -p /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}-source/build/native/nativeCompile \
+		&& touch /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}-source/build/native/nativeCompile/signal-cli; \
+    elif [ "$(uname -m)" = "armv7l" ] ; then \
 		echo "GRAALVM doesn't support 32bit" \
 		&& echo "Creating temporary file, otherwise the below copy doesn't work for armv7" \
-		&& mkdir -p /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/build/native/nativeCompile \
-		&& touch /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/build/native/nativeCompile/signal-cli; \
+		&& mkdir -p /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}-source/build/native/nativeCompile \
+		&& touch /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}-source/build/native/nativeCompile/signal-cli; \
     else \
 		echo "Unknown architecture"; \
     fi;
 
-# replace zkgroup
-
-RUN ls /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/build/install/signal-cli/lib/zkgroup-java-${ZKGROUP_VERSION}.jar || (echo "\n\nzkgroup jar file with version ${ZKGROUP_VERSION} not found. Maybe the version needs to be bumped in the signal-cli-rest-api Dockerfile?\n\n" && echo "Available version: \n" && ls /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/build/install/signal-cli/lib/zkgroup-java-* && echo "\n\n" && exit 1)
-
-RUN cd /tmp/ \
-	&& zip -u /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/build/install/signal-cli/lib/zkgroup-java-${ZKGROUP_VERSION}.jar libzkgroup.so 
-
-RUN cd /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/build/distributions/ \
-	&& mkdir -p signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/lib/ \
-	&& cp /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/build/install/signal-cli/lib/zkgroup-java-${ZKGROUP_VERSION}.jar signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/lib/ \
-	# update zip
-	&& zip -u /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/build/distributions/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}.zip signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/lib/zkgroup-java-${ZKGROUP_VERSION}.jar \	
-	# update tar
-	&& tar --delete -vPf /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/build/distributions/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}.tar signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/lib/zkgroup-java-${ZKGROUP_VERSION}.jar \
-	&& tar --owner='' --group='' -rvPf /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/build/distributions/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}.tar signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/lib/zkgroup-java-${ZKGROUP_VERSION}.jar
-
 # replace libsignal-client
 
-RUN ls /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/build/install/signal-cli/lib/signal-client-java-${LIBSIGNAL_CLIENT_VERSION}.jar || (echo "\n\nsignal-client jar file with version ${LIBSIGNAL_CLIENT_VERSION} not found. Maybe the version needs to be bumped in the signal-cli-rest-api Dockerfile?\n\n" && echo "Available version: \n" && ls /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/build/install/signal-cli/lib/signal-client-java-* && echo "\n\n" && exit 1)
+RUN ls /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/lib/signal-client-java-${LIBSIGNAL_CLIENT_VERSION}.jar || (echo "\n\nsignal-client jar file with version ${LIBSIGNAL_CLIENT_VERSION} not found. Maybe the version needs to be bumped in the signal-cli-rest-api Dockerfile?\n\n" && echo "Available version: \n" && ls /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/lib/signal-client-java-* && echo "\n\n" && exit 1)
 
 RUN cd /tmp/ \
-	&& zip -u /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/build/install/signal-cli/lib/signal-client-java-${LIBSIGNAL_CLIENT_VERSION}.jar libsignal_jni.so
-
-RUN cd /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/build/distributions/ \
-	&& mkdir -p signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/lib/ \
-	&& cp /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/build/install/signal-cli/lib/signal-client-java-${LIBSIGNAL_CLIENT_VERSION}.jar signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/lib/ \
-	# update zip
-	&& zip -u /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/build/distributions/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}.zip signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/lib/signal-client-java-${LIBSIGNAL_CLIENT_VERSION}.jar \	
-	# update tar
-	&& tar --delete -vPf /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/build/distributions/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}.tar signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/lib/signal-client-java-${LIBSIGNAL_CLIENT_VERSION}.jar \
-	&& tar --owner='' --group='' -rvPf /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/build/distributions/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}.tar signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/lib/signal-client-java-${LIBSIGNAL_CLIENT_VERSION}.jar
+	&& zip -u /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/lib/signal-client-java-${LIBSIGNAL_CLIENT_VERSION}.jar libsignal_jni.so
 
+RUN cd /tmp \
+	&& zip -r signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}.zip signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/*
 
 COPY src/api /tmp/signal-cli-rest-api-src/api
 COPY src/client /tmp/signal-cli-rest-api-src/client
@@ -141,7 +110,7 @@ RUN cd /tmp/signal-cli-rest-api-src/scripts && go build -o jsonrpc2-helper
 
 
 # Start a fresh container for release container
-FROM eclipse-temurin:11-jre-focal
+FROM eclipse-temurin:17-focal
 
 ENV GIN_MODE=release
 
@@ -150,17 +119,17 @@ ENV PORT=8080
 ARG SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION
 
 RUN apt-get update \
-	&& apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends util-linux supervisor netcat \
+	&& apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends util-linux supervisor netcat unzip \
 	&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* 
 
 COPY --from=buildcontainer /tmp/signal-cli-rest-api-src/signal-cli-rest-api /usr/bin/signal-cli-rest-api
-COPY --from=buildcontainer /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/build/distributions/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}.tar /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}.tar
-COPY --from=buildcontainer /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/build/native/nativeCompile/signal-cli /tmp/signal-cli-native
+COPY --from=buildcontainer /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}.zip /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}.zip
+COPY --from=buildcontainer /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}-source/build/native/nativeCompile/signal-cli /tmp/signal-cli-native
 COPY --from=buildcontainer /tmp/signal-cli-rest-api-src/scripts/jsonrpc2-helper /usr/bin/jsonrpc2-helper
 COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
 
-RUN tar xf /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}.tar -C /opt
-RUN rm -rf /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}.tar
+RUN unzip /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}.zip -d /opt
+RUN rm -rf /tmp/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}.zip
 
 RUN groupadd -g 1000 signal-api \
 	&& useradd --no-log-init -M -d /home -s /bin/bash -u 1000 -g 1000 signal-api \
@@ -175,6 +144,7 @@ RUN groupadd -g 1000 signal-api \
 RUN arch="$(uname -m)"; \
         case "$arch" in \
             armv7l) echo "GRAALVM doesn't support 32bit" && rm /opt/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/bin/signal-cli-native /usr/bin/signal-cli-native  ;; \
+			aarch64) echo "GRAALVM temporarily disabled for aarch64" && rm /opt/signal-cli-${SIGNAL_CLI_VERSION}/bin/signal-cli-native /usr/bin/signal-cli-native  ;; \
         esac;
 
 EXPOSE ${PORT}
diff --git a/ext/libraries/libsignal-client/v0.11.0/arm64/libsignal_jni.so b/ext/libraries/libsignal-client/v0.11.0/arm64/libsignal_jni.so
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ed205a
Binary files /dev/null and b/ext/libraries/libsignal-client/v0.11.0/arm64/libsignal_jni.so differ
diff --git a/ext/libraries/libsignal-client/v0.11.0/armv7/libsignal_jni.so b/ext/libraries/libsignal-client/v0.11.0/armv7/libsignal_jni.so
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce0dda4
Binary files /dev/null and b/ext/libraries/libsignal-client/v0.11.0/armv7/libsignal_jni.so differ
diff --git a/ext/libraries/libsignal-client/v0.11.0/x86-64/libsignal_jni.so b/ext/libraries/libsignal-client/v0.11.0/x86-64/libsignal_jni.so
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4da51c7
Binary files /dev/null and b/ext/libraries/libsignal-client/v0.11.0/x86-64/libsignal_jni.so differ
diff --git a/src/client/client.go b/src/client/client.go
index ad40042..dd05da1 100644
--- a/src/client/client.go
+++ b/src/client/client.go
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ func (s *SignalClient) send(number string, message string,
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	} else {
-		cmd := []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-u", number, "send"}
+		cmd := []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-a", number, "send"}
 		if !isGroup {
 			cmd = append(cmd, recipients...)
 		} else {
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ func (s *SignalClient) RegisterNumber(number string, useVoice bool, captcha stri
 	if s.signalCliMode == JsonRpc {
 		return errors.New(endpointNotSupportedInJsonRpcMode)
 	}
-	command := []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-u", number, "register"}
+	command := []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-a", number, "register"}
 
 	if useVoice {
 		command = append(command, "--voice")
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ func (s *SignalClient) VerifyRegisteredNumber(number string, token string, pin s
 		return errors.New(endpointNotSupportedInJsonRpcMode)
 	}
 
-	cmd := []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-u", number, "verify", token}
+	cmd := []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-a", number, "verify", token}
 	if pin != "" {
 		cmd = append(cmd, "--pin")
 		cmd = append(cmd, pin)
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ func (s *SignalClient) Receive(number string, timeout int64) (string, error) {
 		}
 		return string(msg.Params), nil
 	} else {
-		command := []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "--output", "json", "-u", number, "receive", "-t", strconv.FormatInt(timeout, 10)}
+		command := []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "--output", "json", "-a", number, "receive", "-t", strconv.FormatInt(timeout, 10)}
 
 		out, err := runSignalCli(true, command, "", s.signalCliMode)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ func (s *SignalClient) CreateGroup(number string, name string, members []string,
 		}
 		internalGroupId = resp.GroupId
 	} else {
-		cmd := []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-u", number, "updateGroup", "-n", name, "-m"}
+		cmd := []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-a", number, "updateGroup", "-n", name, "-m"}
 		cmd = append(cmd, members...)
 
 		if addMembersPermission != DefaultGroupPermission {
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ func (s *SignalClient) GetGroups(number string) ([]GroupEntry, error) {
 			return groupEntries, err
 		}
 	} else {
-		rawData, err = runSignalCli(true, []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "--output", "json", "-u", number, "listGroups", "-d"}, "", s.signalCliMode)
+		rawData, err = runSignalCli(true, []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "--output", "json", "-a", number, "listGroups", "-d"}, "", s.signalCliMode)
 		if err != nil {
 			return groupEntries, err
 		}
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ func (s *SignalClient) GetGroup(number string, groupId string) (*GroupEntry, err
 }
 
 func (s *SignalClient) DeleteGroup(number string, groupId string) error {
-	_, err := runSignalCli(true, []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-u", number, "quitGroup", "-g", string(groupId)}, "", s.signalCliMode)
+	_, err := runSignalCli(true, []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-a", number, "quitGroup", "-g", string(groupId)}, "", s.signalCliMode)
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ func (s *SignalClient) UpdateProfile(number string, profileName string, base64Av
 		}
 		_, err = jsonRpc2Client.getRaw("updateProfile", request)
 	} else {
-		cmd := []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-u", number, "updateProfile", "--name", profileName}
+		cmd := []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-a", number, "updateProfile", "--name", profileName}
 		if base64Avatar == "" {
 			cmd = append(cmd, "--remove-avatar")
 		} else {
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ func (s *SignalClient) ListIdentities(number string) (*[]IdentityEntry, error) {
 			identityEntries = append(identityEntries, identityEntry)
 		}
 	} else {
-		rawData, err := runSignalCli(true, []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-u", number, "listIdentities"}, "", s.signalCliMode)
+		rawData, err := runSignalCli(true, []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-a", number, "listIdentities"}, "", s.signalCliMode)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ func (s *SignalClient) TrustIdentity(number string, numberToTrust string, verifi
 		}
 		_, err = jsonRpc2Client.getRaw("trust", request)
 	} else {
-		cmd := []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-u", number, "trust", numberToTrust, "--verified-safety-number", verifiedSafetyNumber}
+		cmd := []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-a", number, "trust", numberToTrust, "--verified-safety-number", verifiedSafetyNumber}
 		_, err = runSignalCli(true, cmd, "", s.signalCliMode)
 	}
 	return err
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ func (s *SignalClient) BlockGroup(number string, groupId string) error {
 		}
 		_, err = jsonRpc2Client.getRaw("block", request)
 	} else {
-		_, err = runSignalCli(true, []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-u", number, "block", "-g", groupId}, "", s.signalCliMode)
+		_, err = runSignalCli(true, []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-a", number, "block", "-g", groupId}, "", s.signalCliMode)
 	}
 	return err
 }
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ func (s *SignalClient) JoinGroup(number string, groupId string) error {
 		}
 		_, err = jsonRpc2Client.getRaw("updateGroup", request)
 	} else {
-		_, err = runSignalCli(true, []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-u", number, "updateGroup", "-g", groupId}, "", s.signalCliMode)
+		_, err = runSignalCli(true, []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-a", number, "updateGroup", "-g", groupId}, "", s.signalCliMode)
 	}
 	return err
 }
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ func (s *SignalClient) QuitGroup(number string, groupId string) error {
 		}
 		_, err = jsonRpc2Client.getRaw("quitGroup", request)
 	} else {
-		_, err = runSignalCli(true, []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-u", number, "quitGroup", "-g", groupId}, "", s.signalCliMode)
+		_, err = runSignalCli(true, []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-a", number, "quitGroup", "-g", groupId}, "", s.signalCliMode)
 	}
 	return err
 }
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ func (s *SignalClient) SendReaction(number string, recipient string, emoji strin
 
 	cmd := []string{
 		"--config", s.signalCliConfig,
-		"-u", number,
+		"-a", number,
 		"sendReaction",
 	}
 	if !isGroup {
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ func (s *SignalClient) SendStartTyping(number string, recipient string) error {
 		}
 		_, err = jsonRpc2Client.getRaw("sendTyping", request)
 	} else {
-		cmd := []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-u", number, "sendTyping"}
+		cmd := []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-a", number, "sendTyping"}
 		if !isGroup {
 			cmd = append(cmd, recp)
 		} else {
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ func (s *SignalClient) SendStopTyping(number string, recipient string) error {
 		}
 		_, err = jsonRpc2Client.getRaw("sendTyping", request)
 	} else {
-		cmd := []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-u", number, "sendTyping", "--stop"}
+		cmd := []string{"--config", s.signalCliConfig, "-a", number, "sendTyping", "--stop"}
 		if !isGroup {
 			cmd = append(cmd, recp)
 		} else {