diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c068bd7789..dfd3a61053 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
         "jsrsasign": "^11.0.0",
         "katex": "^0.16.0",
         "lodash": "^4.17.21",
-        "matrix-js-sdk": "34.0.0",
+        "matrix-js-sdk": "34.1.0-rc.2",
         "matrix-react-sdk": "3.102.0",
         "matrix-widget-api": "^1.3.1",
         "react": "17.0.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0b73788874..af4788b4e9 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4174,6 +4174,11 @@ base-x@^4.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/base-x/-/base-x-4.0.0.tgz#d0e3b7753450c73f8ad2389b5c018a4af7b2224a"
   integrity sha512-FuwxlW4H5kh37X/oW59pwTzzTKRzfrrQwhmyspRM7swOEZcHtDZSCt45U6oKgtuFE+WYPblePMVIPR4RZrh/hw==
 
+base-x@^5.0.0:
+  version "5.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/base-x/-/base-x-5.0.0.tgz#6d835ceae379130e1a4cb846a70ac4746f28ea9b"
+  integrity sha512-sMW3VGSX1QWVFA6l8U62MLKz29rRfpTlYdCqLdpLo1/Yd4zZwSbnUaDfciIAowAqvq7YFnWq9hrhdg1KYgc1lQ==
+
 base64-arraybuffer@^1.0.2:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/base64-arraybuffer/-/base64-arraybuffer-1.0.2.tgz#1c37589a7c4b0746e34bd1feb951da2df01c1bdc"
@@ -4314,6 +4319,13 @@ bs58@^5.0.0:
   dependencies:
     base-x "^4.0.0"
 
+bs58@^6.0.0:
+  version "6.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bs58/-/bs58-6.0.0.tgz#a2cda0130558535dd281a2f8697df79caaf425d8"
+  integrity sha512-PD0wEnEYg6ijszw/u8s+iI3H17cTymlrwkKhDhPZq+Sokl3AU4htyBFTjAeNAlCCmg0f53g6ih3jATyCKftTfw==
+  dependencies:
+    base-x "^5.0.0"
+
 bser@2.1.1:
   version "2.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bser/-/bser-2.1.1.tgz#e6787da20ece9d07998533cfd9de6f5c38f4bc05"
@@ -8351,6 +8363,26 @@ matrix-js-sdk@34.0.0:
     unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
     uuid "10"
 
+matrix-js-sdk@34.1.0-rc.2:
+  version "34.1.0-rc.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-34.1.0-rc.2.tgz#d8e015eb5baaa77b870fd69f27c31d7edc1098e1"
+  integrity sha512-OsmOc3C5mlnsdM9Bpm1jBgdUZBAAL3/ZMaZNOD3OzA9yxhw893NOX7Rx1Azm96cYGYdBJRJ9qQMAaQbkXz5NDA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
+    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm" "^6.0.0"
+    another-json "^0.2.0"
+    bs58 "^6.0.0"
+    content-type "^1.0.4"
+    jwt-decode "^4.0.0"
+    loglevel "^1.7.1"
+    matrix-events-sdk "0.0.1"
+    matrix-widget-api "^1.6.0"
+    oidc-client-ts "^3.0.1"
+    p-retry "4"
+    sdp-transform "^2.14.1"
+    unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
+    uuid "10"
+
 matrix-mock-request@^2.5.0:
   version "2.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-mock-request/-/matrix-mock-request-2.6.0.tgz#0855c10b250668ce542b697251087be2bcc23f92"