diff --git a/gateway/src/main/kotlin/DefaultGateway.kt b/gateway/src/main/kotlin/DefaultGateway.kt
index 22c576ed796..1b122b18979 100644
--- a/gateway/src/main/kotlin/DefaultGateway.kt
+++ b/gateway/src/main/kotlin/DefaultGateway.kt
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ class DefaultGateway(private val data: DefaultGatewayData) : Gateway {
 
     private val jsonParser = Json {
         ignoreUnknownKeys = true
+        isLenient = true
     }
 
     private val stateMutex = Mutex()
diff --git a/gateway/src/main/kotlin/Event.kt b/gateway/src/main/kotlin/Event.kt
index 839922b82e2..539dae5e62f 100644
--- a/gateway/src/main/kotlin/Event.kt
+++ b/gateway/src/main/kotlin/Event.kt
@@ -95,9 +95,16 @@ sealed class Event {
         }
 
 
+        @OptIn(ExperimentalSerializationApi::class)
         private fun getByDispatchEvent(index: Int, decoder: CompositeDecoder, name: String?, sequence: Int?) = when (name) {
-            "PRESENCES_REPLACE" -> null //https://github.com/kordlib/kord/issues/42
-            "RESUMED" -> Resumed(sequence)
+            "PRESENCES_REPLACE" -> {
+                decoder.decodeNullableSerializableElement(descriptor, index, JsonElement.serializer().nullable)
+                null //https://github.com/kordlib/kord/issues/42
+            }
+            "RESUMED" -> {
+                decoder.decodeNullableSerializableElement(descriptor, index, JsonElement.serializer().nullable)
+                Resumed(sequence)
+            }
             "READY" -> Ready(decoder.decodeSerializableElement(descriptor, index, ReadyData.serializer()), sequence)
             "CHANNEL_CREATE" -> ChannelCreate(decoder.decodeSerializableElement(descriptor, index, DiscordChannel.serializer()), sequence)
             "CHANNEL_UPDATE" -> ChannelUpdate(decoder.decodeSerializableElement(descriptor, index, DiscordChannel.serializer()), sequence)
diff --git a/gateway/src/test/kotlin/json/RegressionTests.kt b/gateway/src/test/kotlin/json/RegressionTests.kt
index b5daac546b0..beef1f9b47a 100644
--- a/gateway/src/test/kotlin/json/RegressionTests.kt
+++ b/gateway/src/test/kotlin/json/RegressionTests.kt
@@ -18,4 +18,19 @@ class RegressionTests {
         event shouldBe Reconnect
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    @Test
+    fun `Resumed with unknown data`(){
+        Json.decodeFromString(Event.Companion, file("resumeWithUnknownData"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `PresenceReplace with unknown data`(){
+        Json.decodeFromString(Event.Companion, file("presenceReplaceWithUnknownData"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `Unknown event with successfully parses`(){
+        Json.decodeFromString(Event.Companion, file("eventWithUnknownData")) //dispatch event with non-existent type
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/gateway/src/test/resources/json/regression/eventWithUnknownData.json b/gateway/src/test/resources/json/regression/eventWithUnknownData.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..631b74e54bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gateway/src/test/resources/json/regression/eventWithUnknownData.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "t": "DOCUMENTED_API",
+  "s": 30,
+  "op": 0,
+  "d": {}
+}
diff --git a/gateway/src/test/resources/json/regression/presenceReplaceWithUnknownData.json b/gateway/src/test/resources/json/regression/presenceReplaceWithUnknownData.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fe74cb116a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gateway/src/test/resources/json/regression/presenceReplaceWithUnknownData.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "t": "PRESENCES_REPLACE",
+  "s": 1337,
+  "op": 0,
+  "d": {
+    "some" : "key"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/gateway/src/test/resources/json/regression/resumeWithUnknownData.json b/gateway/src/test/resources/json/regression/resumeWithUnknownData.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5300e3999b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gateway/src/test/resources/json/regression/resumeWithUnknownData.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "t": "RESUMED",
+  "s": 30,
+  "op": 0,
+  "d": {
+    "_trace": [
+      "[\"gateway-prd-main-dj3z\",{\"micros\":1542,\"calls\":[\"discord-sessions-prd-2-122\",{\"micros\":16}]}]"
+    ]
+  }
+}