diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 933b15d468..629be5dd34 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
         "jsrsasign": "^10.5.25",
         "katex": "^0.16.0",
-        "matrix-js-sdk": "25.2.0-rc.4",
+        "matrix-js-sdk": "25.2.0-rc.5",
         "matrix-react-sdk": "3.73.0-rc.2",
         "matrix-widget-api": "^1.3.1",
         "react": "17.0.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index caf075d5e3..177d6694a9 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8255,24 +8255,6 @@ matrix-events-sdk@0.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-events-sdk/-/matrix-events-sdk-0.0.1.tgz#c8c38911e2cb29023b0bbac8d6f32e0de2c957dd"
   integrity sha512-1QEOsXO+bhyCroIe2/A5OwaxHvBm7EsSQ46DEDn8RBIfQwN5HWBpFvyWWR4QY0KHPPnnJdI99wgRiAl7Ad5qaA==
 
-matrix-js-sdk@25.2.0-rc.4:
-  version "25.2.0-rc.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-25.2.0-rc.4.tgz#8817b34de895b8ab3c8b0420626c0eccbcc26dd7"
-  integrity sha512-xnO6tMfsrakMEsqBuhm4lgB21fijyEuDWxrBhe9kM9o71SPTtfxoyGcifxlZVZDiuLWYBQkNRRDF+uXLB3tyMA==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
-    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js" "^0.1.0-alpha.9"
-    another-json "^0.2.0"
-    bs58 "^5.0.0"
-    content-type "^1.0.4"
-    loglevel "^1.7.1"
-    matrix-events-sdk "0.0.1"
-    matrix-widget-api "^1.3.1"
-    p-retry "4"
-    sdp-transform "^2.14.1"
-    unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
-    uuid "9"
-
 matrix-js-sdk@25.2.0-rc.5:
   version "25.2.0-rc.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-25.2.0-rc.5.tgz#2ce42e9baa82b2758462fd2b1d0a184481223da1"