diff --git a/metadata/im.vector.app.yml b/metadata/im.vector.app.yml
index 8f901fc3e8..e7a19e0046 100644
--- a/metadata/im.vector.app.yml
+++ b/metadata/im.vector.app.yml
@@ -145,5 +145,8 @@ MaintainerNotes: |-
     The awk call then matches the url, deletes the matching line and replaces the following line. No idea how it works, but it does.
     Finally reverse the lines again and move back to original build.gradle file.
 
+    Upstream builds and publishes a libre build of the jitsi sdk. The maven repo can be recreated by using tools/jitsi/build_jitsi_libs.sh
+    We use that build instead of doing our own for now as jitsi embeds a timstamp in the version number and it's a major pain to maintain.
+
 AutoUpdateMode: None
 UpdateCheckMode: Tags