diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7282797584..acb328200c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
     "highlight.js": "^9.13.1",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "7.0.0",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "2.8.0",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "2.8.1",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.1.4.tgz",
     "postcss-easings": "^2.0.0",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 08538ae9cf..21a8fc2e7f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6996,10 +6996,10 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     bluebird "^3.5.0"
     expect "^1.20.2"
 
-matrix-react-sdk@2.8.0:
-  version "2.8.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-2.8.0.tgz#f020bfa29b7f2830815c3096d28b462c41686913"
-  integrity sha512-C/c4GNMtG3jGXC6QDebVQ6CzwgLzn/WuMsVUZJQBrFGjHsByMv7WmXVaLDbWYJh/qS/V+nL/Mz5Wm6hqeUUTFQ==
+matrix-react-sdk@2.8.1:
+  version "2.8.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-2.8.1.tgz#df358fe4f7a1ae6a913c9c587a16dd1c5c8c5272"
+  integrity sha512-jytPkiASlJMuH6zZ/FTQAEJKe2FOmpbg6fsZQb97yRMTascPJsgDVaVPb/+6q7dlPYKXGXaTQ05lY4tFrdnqbQ==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
     await-lock "^2.0.1"