diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6c56dd080b..bb23fb6e80 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     "is-ip": "^2.0.0",
     "linkifyjs": "^2.1.6",
     "lodash": "^4.17.14",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "5.3.1-rc.4",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "6.0.0-rc.1",
     "minimist": "^1.2.0",
     "pako": "^1.0.5",
     "png-chunks-extract": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c4a792136c..60ab9c225b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5715,10 +5715,10 @@ mathml-tag-names@^2.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mathml-tag-names/-/mathml-tag-names-2.1.3.tgz#4ddadd67308e780cf16a47685878ee27b736a0a3"
   integrity sha512-APMBEanjybaPzUrfqU0IMU5I0AswKMH7k8OTLs0vvV4KZpExkTkY87nR/zpbuTPj+gARop7aGUbl11pnDfW6xg==
 
-matrix-js-sdk@5.3.1-rc.4:
-  version "5.3.1-rc.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-5.3.1-rc.4.tgz#f0e6d512540aa04dfdc311c854fd9efb53287071"
-  integrity sha512-IIuUzP4ee5rw7gtuA2mT7i/jXehl0OrdBMUSAruqixl5DUvBSWjPyFbS4zclVN+DNf75j+7RWMH8Q8BLfdvLeA==
+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"