diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 59c7c0960d..4d874b48d2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         "jsrsasign": "^11.0.0",
         "katex": "^0.16.0",
         "lodash": "^4.17.21",
-        "matrix-js-sdk": "34.5.0",
+        "matrix-js-sdk": "34.6.0-rc.0",
         "matrix-react-sdk": "3.109.0",
         "matrix-widget-api": "^1.8.2",
         "react": "17.0.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4c28b91784..dfa2828455 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2072,6 +2072,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm-7.0.0.tgz#8d6abdb9ded8656cc9e2a7909913a34bf3fc9b3a"
   integrity sha512-MOencXiW/gI5MuTtCNsuojjwT5DXCrjMqv9xOslJC9h2tPdLFFFMGr58dY5Lis4DRd9MRWcgrGowUIHOqieWTA==
 
+"@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm@^9.0.0":
+  version "9.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm-9.0.0.tgz#293fe8fcb9bc4d577c5f6cf2cbffa151c6e11329"
+  integrity sha512-dz4dkYXj6BeOQuw52XQj8dMuhi85pSFhfFeFlNRAO7JdRPhE9CHBrfK8knkZV5Zux5vvf3Ub4E7myoLeJgZoEw==
+
 "@matrix-org/matrix-wysiwyg@2.37.9":
   version "2.37.9"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-wysiwyg/-/matrix-wysiwyg-2.37.9.tgz#4d5667df3c74e11fd01c4b5be920caff72bf2f48"
@@ -8210,6 +8215,27 @@ matrix-js-sdk@34.5.0:
     unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
     uuid "10"
 
+matrix-js-sdk@34.6.0-rc.0:
+  version "34.6.0-rc.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-34.6.0-rc.0.tgz#a057f49a8f5f33a07be9cce2466aae3537c4b393"
+  integrity sha512-5g1zJGn7f/KeXGIiIZ3+iUrmC4DRtD+QikGQ+PCFNmEFV99RejZ/+BAfiGo+V/bBA7eaCX17RG8cyDbBivBdVw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
+    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm" "^9.0.0"
+    "@matrix-org/olm" "3.2.15"
+    another-json "^0.2.0"
+    bs58 "^6.0.0"
+    content-type "^1.0.4"
+    jwt-decode "^4.0.0"
+    loglevel "^1.7.1"
+    matrix-events-sdk "0.0.1"
+    matrix-widget-api "^1.8.2"
+    oidc-client-ts "^3.0.1"
+    p-retry "4"
+    sdp-transform "^2.14.1"
+    unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
+    uuid "10"
+
 matrix-mock-request@^2.5.0:
   version "2.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-mock-request/-/matrix-mock-request-2.6.0.tgz#0855c10b250668ce542b697251087be2bcc23f92"