diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5c62100587..6245b2c34e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     "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.15",
+    "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.16",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
     "opus-recorder": "^8.0.3",
     "pako": "^2.0.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4e58909563..f70f0e75c1 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5827,10 +5827,10 @@ matrix-react-test-utils@^0.2.3:
     "@babel/traverse" "^7.13.17"
     walk "^2.3.14"
 
-matrix-widget-api@^0.1.0-beta.15:
-  version "0.1.0-beta.15"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-widget-api/-/matrix-widget-api-0.1.0-beta.15.tgz#b02511f93fe1a3634868b6e246d736107f182745"
-  integrity sha512-sWmtb8ZarSbHVbk5ni7IHBR9jOh7m1+5R4soky0fEO9VKl+MN7skT0+qNux3J9WuUAu2D80dZW9xPUT9cxfxbg==
+matrix-widget-api@^0.1.0-beta.16:
+  version "0.1.0-beta.16"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-widget-api/-/matrix-widget-api-0.1.0-beta.16.tgz#32655f05cab48239b97fe4111a1d0858f2aad61a"
+  integrity sha512-9zqaNLaM14YDHfFb7WGSUOivGOjYw+w5Su84ZfOl6A4IUy1xT9QPp0nsSA8wNfz0LpxOIPn3nuoF8Tn/40F5tg==
   dependencies:
     "@types/events" "^3.0.0"
     events "^3.2.0"