diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0b0391f..9cfce72 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/openlibrecommunity/olcrtc
 go 1.26.3
 
 require (
-	codeberg.org/rape4me/kc v0.0.0-20260526155601-5f6fc8dfaaa1
+	codeberg.org/rape4me/kc v0.0.0-20260527043314-71657a097a6f
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.4-0.20250319132907-e064f32e3674
 	github.com/livekit/protocol v1.46.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5403756..131aebf 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ buf.build/go/protoyaml v0.7.0/go.mod h1:+a0cavd0uMvirb87xdu2ZMMmjlIQoiH/N2Ich5MG
 cel.dev/expr v0.25.2 h1:K6j46C81hXtZQfuX60cVWQFBJahKSE2gfRbNuvr5bFs=
 cel.dev/expr v0.25.2/go.mod h1:hrXvqGP6G6gyx8UAHSHJ5RGk//1Oj5nXQ2NI02Nrsg4=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.26.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
-codeberg.org/rape4me/kc v0.0.0-20260526155601-5f6fc8dfaaa1 h1:OwaN5gXJoYSgdT8+LJ/1oHf+MqI+wXIizC4yIRA9UYU=
-codeberg.org/rape4me/kc v0.0.0-20260526155601-5f6fc8dfaaa1/go.mod h1:ooInikVAZhJE+m+gHIekq52ZFkUPcCZAvY4u/m2M/V0=
+codeberg.org/rape4me/kc v0.0.0-20260527043314-71657a097a6f h1:amyzfF9+4jCUKJndW336YHbj3FiaWs/qkJqOgUyreCA=
+codeberg.org/rape4me/kc v0.0.0-20260527043314-71657a097a6f/go.mod h1:ooInikVAZhJE+m+gHIekq52ZFkUPcCZAvY4u/m2M/V0=
 dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0 h1:AGCNq9Evsj31mOgNPcLyXc+4PNABt905YmuqPYYpBWk=
 dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uNxQE+84aUszobStD9th8a29P2fMDhsBdgRYvZOxGmk=
 github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20230124172434-306776ec8161 h1:L/gRVlceqvL25UVaW/CKtUDjefjrs0SPonmDGUVOYP0=
diff --git a/internal/transport/videochannel/gocodec.go b/internal/transport/videochannel/gocodec.go
index 144ee73..6303c64 100644
--- a/internal/transport/videochannel/gocodec.go
+++ b/internal/transport/videochannel/gocodec.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package videochannel
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
@@ -73,6 +74,11 @@ func (d *goDecoder) PushSample(sample []byte) error {
 	}
 	frame, err := d.dec.Decode(sample)
 	if err != nil {
+		// Inter-frame arrived before any keyframe (e.g. SFU started forwarding
+		// mid-GOP). Drop silently; the next keyframe will reset the reference.
+		if errors.Is(err, vp8.ErrNoReference) {
+			return nil
+		}
 		return fmt.Errorf("vp8 decode: %w", err)
 	}
 	gray := frame.Grayscale()