diff --git a/src/handlers/channel.ts b/src/handlers/channel.ts
index 2bd7095d5..5227cb4bc 100644
--- a/src/handlers/channel.ts
+++ b/src/handlers/channel.ts
@@ -171,7 +171,10 @@ export async function sendMessage(
 
   const result = await RequestManager.post(
     endpoints.CHANNEL_MESSAGES(channel.id),
-    content,
+    {
+      ...content,
+      allowed_mentions: content.mentions,
+    },
   );
 
   return createMessage(result as MessageCreateOptions);
diff --git a/src/types/channel.ts b/src/types/channel.ts
index a472fa8d2..789eeee68 100644
--- a/src/types/channel.ts
+++ b/src/types/channel.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export enum ChannelTypes {
 export interface MessageContent {
   mentions?: {
     /** An array of allowed mention types to parse from the content. */
-    parse: ("roles" | "users" | "everyone")[];
+    parse?: ("roles" | "users" | "everyone")[];
     /** Array of role_ids to mention (Max size of 100) */
     roles?: string[];
     /** Array of user_ids to mention (Max size of 100) */