diff --git a/.changeset/witty-apples-pretend.md b/.changeset/witty-apples-pretend.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cb4dd696983d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/witty-apples-pretend.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@rocket.chat/meteor": patch
+---
+
+Fixes async E2EE key exchange in development environments where change streams are no longer used
diff --git a/apps/meteor/app/e2e/server/functions/handleSuggestedGroupKey.ts b/apps/meteor/app/e2e/server/functions/handleSuggestedGroupKey.ts
index 22eccf03f407..e498d282d704 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/app/e2e/server/functions/handleSuggestedGroupKey.ts
+++ b/apps/meteor/app/e2e/server/functions/handleSuggestedGroupKey.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Rooms, Subscriptions } from '@rocket.chat/models';
 import { Meteor } from 'meteor/meteor';
 
-import { notifyOnSubscriptionChangedById } from '../../../lib/server/lib/notifyListener';
+import { notifyOnSubscriptionChangedById, notifyOnRoomChangedById } from '../../../lib/server/lib/notifyListener';
 
 export async function handleSuggestedGroupKey(
 	handle: 'accept' | 'reject',
@@ -25,11 +25,17 @@ export async function handleSuggestedGroupKey(
 
 	if (handle === 'accept') {
 		await Subscriptions.setGroupE2EKey(sub._id, suggestedKey);
-		await Rooms.removeUsersFromE2EEQueueByRoomId(sub.rid, [userId]);
+		const { modifiedCount } = await Rooms.removeUsersFromE2EEQueueByRoomId(sub.rid, [userId]);
+		if (modifiedCount) {
+			void notifyOnRoomChangedById(sub.rid);
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (handle === 'reject') {
-		await Rooms.addUserIdToE2EEQueueByRoomIds([sub.rid], userId);
+		const { modifiedCount } = await Rooms.addUserIdToE2EEQueueByRoomIds([sub.rid], userId);
+		if (modifiedCount) {
+			void notifyOnRoomChangedById(sub.rid);
+		}
 	}
 
 	const { modifiedCount } = await Subscriptions.unsetGroupE2ESuggestedKey(sub._id);
diff --git a/apps/meteor/app/e2e/server/methods/setUserPublicAndPrivateKeys.ts b/apps/meteor/app/e2e/server/methods/setUserPublicAndPrivateKeys.ts
index 6ef35a063a28..45a00886af1e 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/app/e2e/server/methods/setUserPublicAndPrivateKeys.ts
+++ b/apps/meteor/app/e2e/server/methods/setUserPublicAndPrivateKeys.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import type { ServerMethods } from '@rocket.chat/ddp-client';
 import { Rooms, Users } from '@rocket.chat/models';
 import { Meteor } from 'meteor/meteor';
 
+import { notifyOnRoomChangedById } from '../../../lib/server/lib/notifyListener';
+
 declare module '@rocket.chat/ddp-client' {
 	// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
 	interface ServerMethods {
@@ -36,5 +38,7 @@ Meteor.methods<ServerMethods>({
 
 		const subscribedRoomIds = await Rooms.getSubscribedRoomIdsWithoutE2EKeys(userId);
 		await Rooms.addUserIdToE2EEQueueByRoomIds(subscribedRoomIds, userId);
+
+		void notifyOnRoomChangedById(subscribedRoomIds);
 	},
 });
diff --git a/apps/meteor/app/lib/server/functions/addUserToRoom.ts b/apps/meteor/app/lib/server/functions/addUserToRoom.ts
index e6ca7b2a8b4d..2e74bf66cf4a 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/app/lib/server/functions/addUserToRoom.ts
+++ b/apps/meteor/app/lib/server/functions/addUserToRoom.ts
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ export const addUserToRoom = async function (
 		void notifyOnSubscriptionChangedById(insertedId, 'inserted');
 	}
 
-	void notifyOnRoomChangedById(rid);
-
 	if (!userToBeAdded.username) {
 		throw new Meteor.Error('error-invalid-user', 'Cannot add an user to a room without a username');
 	}
@@ -147,5 +145,6 @@ export const addUserToRoom = async function (
 		await Rooms.addUserIdToE2EEQueueByRoomIds([room._id], userToBeAdded._id);
 	}
 
+	void notifyOnRoomChangedById(rid);
 	return true;
 };