diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 74e705e1ad..9df12cc263 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
     "highlight.js": "^9.13.1",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "6.0.0-rc.2",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "2.5.0-rc.5",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "2.5.0-rc.6",
     "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 cffc792465..f2c68b2689 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7597,21 +7597,6 @@ mathml-tag-names@^2.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mathml-tag-names/-/mathml-tag-names-2.1.3.tgz#4ddadd67308e780cf16a47685878ee27b736a0a3"
   integrity sha512-APMBEanjybaPzUrfqU0IMU5I0AswKMH7k8OTLs0vvV4KZpExkTkY87nR/zpbuTPj+gARop7aGUbl11pnDfW6xg==
 
-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-js-sdk@6.0.0-rc.2:
   version "6.0.0-rc.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-6.0.0-rc.2.tgz#56eb438458cb59cf18bbd6126d72029dc728659f"
@@ -7635,10 +7620,10 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     bluebird "^3.5.0"
     expect "^1.20.2"
 
-matrix-react-sdk@2.5.0-rc.5:
-  version "2.5.0-rc.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-2.5.0-rc.5.tgz#3b6c8dd05069a201a7fdd4265a8f20b3f1afeaca"
-  integrity sha512-CO8S6C3wfvCsgS7h48KPx/9yGFLS5O4HZjRfUsbhAD+/16rUy7f9t+8w1Z320xH+X/LMQsb47Y6C6TDZ4KIdlQ==
+matrix-react-sdk@2.5.0-rc.6:
+  version "2.5.0-rc.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-2.5.0-rc.6.tgz#2a9ffe5cbebddfb3fb40186781c30b413786f887"
+  integrity sha512-Fl/mkXb0e1AiOC0vJDtUA6efr8C4cNd7AiP2msMJ6+uCdMWy6jgGpFKBhAQqiMcodXQmSxSxcn1krRcydqCVUA==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
     blueimp-canvas-to-blob "^3.5.0"
@@ -7665,7 +7650,7 @@ matrix-react-sdk@2.5.0-rc.5:
     is-ip "^2.0.0"
     linkifyjs "^2.1.6"
     lodash "^4.17.14"
-    matrix-js-sdk "6.0.0-rc.1"
+    matrix-js-sdk "6.0.0-rc.2"
     minimist "^1.2.0"
     pako "^1.0.5"
     png-chunks-extract "^1.0.0"