diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6dd02674be..5810e571f1 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -6241,6 +6241,11 @@
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       }
     },
+    "url-search-params": {
+      "version": "0.10.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/url-search-params/-/url-search-params-0.10.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-oFPzmbPAbdthStgffGq8alULe47skPDt1X3KW6NOQnKkcLHP4IS1NfdfHG/CBP5lGsr2gDzNp87pfWLx/eIxjw=="
+    },
     "user-home": {
       "version": "1.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/user-home/-/user-home-1.1.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 883fdae8d5..9c3dddf346 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
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     "text-encoding-utf-8": "^1.0.1",
     "url": "^0.11.0",
+    "url-search-params": "^0.10.0",
     "velocity-vector": "vector-im/velocity#059e3b2",
     "whatwg-fetch": "^1.0.0"
   },