diff --git a/scripts/jenkins.sh b/scripts/jenkins.sh
index bd27d6e3b1..6ba384e1e4 100755
--- a/scripts/jenkins.sh
+++ b/scripts/jenkins.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ rm -r node_modules/olm
 cp -r olm/package node_modules/olm
 
 # we may be using dev branches of js-sdk and react-sdk, in which case we need to build them
-(cd node_modules/matrix-js-sdk && npm run build)
+(cd node_modules/matrix-js-sdk && npm run compile)
 (cd node_modules/matrix-react-sdk && npm run build)
 
 # run the mocha tests