diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7f2f4d6a47..014cee02aa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     "linkifyjs": "^2.1.9",
     "lodash": "^4.17.20",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
-    "matrix-widget-api": "0.1.0-beta.11",
+    "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.12",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
     "pako": "^2.0.3",
     "parse5": "^6.0.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 36affd13d6..83a708f510 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5604,10 +5604,10 @@ matrix-react-test-utils@^0.2.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-test-utils/-/matrix-react-test-utils-0.2.2.tgz#c87144d3b910c7edc544a6699d13c7c2bf02f853"
   integrity sha512-49+7gfV6smvBIVbeloql+37IeWMTD+fiywalwCqk8Dnz53zAFjKSltB3rmWHso1uecLtQEcPtCijfhzcLXAxTQ==
 
-matrix-widget-api@0.1.0-beta.11:
-  version "0.1.0-beta.11"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-widget-api/-/matrix-widget-api-0.1.0-beta.11.tgz#3658e244bf82eebea36e64475ebfce86b778b476"
-  integrity sha512-RxIghopRKTQdmYMJzZg/QR+wcPcKe9S1pZZ31zN/M1LKsvTLThBYdMcP1idKh7MkhpO9eCdCVjJOMJTrqxNzbQ==
+matrix-widget-api@^0.1.0-beta.12:
+  version "0.1.0-beta.12"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-widget-api/-/matrix-widget-api-0.1.0-beta.12.tgz#6cadeabde14f02949b7c3177434a4755942559b8"
+  integrity sha512-43xVAzLYzddYF73r6NK7NZ3geDLshQqCNAAcv0t5LFyFkKYGWDQG/cg8Vn8d37wm9WVBqYZUOXy9vBD4JcWVPA==
   dependencies:
     "@types/events" "^3.0.0"
     events "^3.2.0"