diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ebb0d98298..75b0028d7f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     "favico.js": "^0.3.10",
     "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
     "highlight.js": "^9.13.1",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "5.3.1-rc.4",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "6.0.0-rc.1",
     "matrix-react-sdk": "2.5.0-rc.4",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.1.4.tgz",
     "postcss-easings": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e82c689bfd..279c1ebaad 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7612,6 +7612,21 @@ matrix-js-sdk@5.3.1-rc.4:
     request "^2.88.0"
     unhomoglyph "^1.0.2"
 
+matrix-js-sdk@6.0.0-rc.1:
+  version "6.0.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-6.0.0-rc.1.tgz#afdee9d49fe0a1040d56fc1b5014e628cc15b5a4"
+  integrity sha512-m3xkRFmf6VLXxDVeHPrIWFp9tvc8lGIZSlJ/ObY+mdn4gIGFjV77A+3gcuMynj0yb6DJtkexPlqP2G9wmMyQuQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
+    another-json "^0.2.0"
+    browser-request "^0.3.3"
+    bs58 "^4.0.1"
+    content-type "^1.0.2"
+    loglevel "^1.6.4"
+    qs "^6.5.2"
+    request "^2.88.0"
+    unhomoglyph "^1.0.2"
+
 matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
   version "1.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-mock-request/-/matrix-mock-request-1.2.3.tgz#56b15d86e2601a9b48a854844396d18caab649c8"