diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e54de8a96c..be195e2e9e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@
     "@types/modernizr": "^3.5.3",
     "@types/node": "^14.14.22",
     "@types/pako": "^1.0.1",
+    "@types/parse5": "^6.0.0",
     "@types/qrcode": "^1.3.5",
     "@types/react": "^16.9",
     "@types/react-dom": "^16.9.10",
diff --git a/src/SlashCommands.tsx b/src/SlashCommands.tsx
index 6ce1439164..4a7b37b5e5 100644
--- a/src/SlashCommands.tsx
+++ b/src/SlashCommands.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import {isPermalinkHost, parsePermalink} from "./utils/permalinks/Permalinks";
 import {inviteUsersToRoom} from "./RoomInvite";
 import { WidgetType } from "./widgets/WidgetType";
 import { Jitsi } from "./widgets/Jitsi";
-import { parseFragment as parseHtml } from "parse5";
+import { parseFragment as parseHtml, Element as ChildElement } from "parse5";
 import BugReportDialog from "./components/views/dialogs/BugReportDialog";
 import { ensureDMExists } from "./createRoom";
 import { ViewUserPayload } from "./dispatcher/payloads/ViewUserPayload";
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ export const Commands = [
                 // some superfast regex over the text so we don't have to.
                 const embed = parseHtml(widgetUrl);
                 if (embed && embed.childNodes && embed.childNodes.length === 1) {
-                    const iframe = embed.childNodes[0];
+                    const iframe = embed.childNodes[0] as ChildElement;
                     if (iframe.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'iframe' && iframe.attrs) {
                         const srcAttr = iframe.attrs.find(a => a.name === 'src');
                         console.log("Pulling URL out of iframe (embed code)");
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 9b33c4387b..8b4ac35d6a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1594,6 +1594,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/parse-json/-/parse-json-4.0.0.tgz#2f8bb441434d163b35fb8ffdccd7138927ffb8c0"
   integrity sha512-//oorEZjL6sbPcKUaCdIGlIUeH26mgzimjBB77G6XRgnDl/L5wOnpyBGRe/Mmf5CVW3PwEBE1NjiMZ/ssFh4wA==
 
+"@types/parse5@^6.0.0":
+  version "6.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/parse5/-/parse5-6.0.0.tgz#38590dc2c3cf5717154064e3ee9b6947ee21b299"
+  integrity sha512-oPwPSj4a1wu9rsXTEGIJz91ISU725t0BmSnUhb57sI+M8XEmvUop84lzuiYdq0Y5M6xLY8DBPg0C2xEQKLyvBA==
+
 "@types/prettier@^2.0.0":
   version "2.1.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/prettier/-/prettier-2.1.6.tgz#f4b1efa784e8db479cdb8b14403e2144b1e9ff03"