diff --git a/src/components/ChannelList/ChannelList.tsx b/src/components/ChannelList/ChannelList.tsx
index c6024acaed..7b8c3066d6 100644
--- a/src/components/ChannelList/ChannelList.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ChannelList/ChannelList.tsx
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ const UnMemoizedChannelList = <
       channel: item,
       // forces the update of preview component on channel update
       channelUpdateCount,
-      key: item.id,
+      key: item.cid,
       Preview,
       setActiveChannel,
       watchers,