diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/emoji.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/emoji.jsx
index 82b82b719..990aea5be 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/emoji.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/emoji.jsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ let emoji_version = detectVersion();
 
 export default function emojify(text) {
   // Browser too old to support native emoji
-  if (emoji_version < 6.1) {
+  if (emoji_version < 9.0) {
     return emojione.toImage(text);
   // Convert short codes into native emoji
   } else {