diff --git a/scripts/update-replica.sh b/scripts/update-replica.sh
index d509843dc5..5660bad82f 100755
--- a/scripts/update-replica.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-replica.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ niv update sandbox_launcher-x86_64-linux -a rev="$SHA"
 niv update sns-x86_64-darwin -a rev="$SHA"
 niv update sns-x86_64-linux -a rev="$SHA"
 
+# pocket-ic client needs to be upgraded to the same SHA as the pocket-ic server
+perl -i.bak -pe "s/(pocket-ic = {[^}]*rev = \")[a-f0-9]+(\")/\1$SHA\2/" src/dfx/Cargo.toml
+cargo update -p pocket-ic # refresh the lock file
+
 echo "Writing asset sources"
 ./scripts/write-dfx-asset-sources.sh