diff --git a/jicoco/src/main/java/org/jitsi/xmpp/mucclient/MucClient.java b/jicoco/src/main/java/org/jitsi/xmpp/mucclient/MucClient.java
index a6d8219..f1609db 100644
--- a/jicoco/src/main/java/org/jitsi/xmpp/mucclient/MucClient.java
+++ b/jicoco/src/main/java/org/jitsi/xmpp/mucclient/MucClient.java
@@ -229,6 +229,17 @@ public void reconnectionFailed(Exception e)
         {
             mucClientManager.reconnectionFailed(MucClient.this);
             logger.warn("Reconnection failed: ", e);
+
+            // If there was an error reconnecting, do not give up, let's retry (reconnection stops if the connection
+            // is connected, but we have another error after the connection is established). This can happen if we retry
+            // too quickly and prosody is not fully up ('invalid-namespace' error)
+            if (MucClient.this.connectRetry != null && xmppConnection.isConnected())
+            {
+                xmppConnection.instantShutdown();
+
+                MucClient.this.connectRetry.runRetryingTask(
+                        new SimpleRetryTask(0, 2000, true, getConnectAndLoginCallable()));
+            }
         }
     };
 
@@ -675,10 +686,7 @@ private Callable<Boolean> getConnectAndLoginCallable()
         {
             try
             {
-                if (!xmppConnection.isConnected())
-                {
-                    xmppConnection.connect();
-                }
+                xmppConnection.connect();
             }
             catch(Exception t)
             {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5c91d4d..c1acbe3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         <jersey.version>3.0.10</jersey.version>
         <jwt.version>0.12.6</jwt.version>
         <bouncycastle.version>1.78.1</bouncycastle.version>
-        <smack.version>4.4.6</smack.version>
+        <smack.version>4.4.8</smack.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>