diff --git a/test/utils/export-test.tsx b/test/utils/export-test.tsx
index c1128d2271..48c72bc763 100644
--- a/test/utils/export-test.tsx
+++ b/test/utils/export-test.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 import { renderToString } from "react-dom/server";
-import { IContent, MatrixClient, MatrixEvent, Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
+import { IContent, MatrixClient, MatrixEvent, Room, RoomMember, RelationType } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
 
 import { MatrixClientPeg } from "../../src/MatrixClientPeg";
 import { IExportOptions, ExportType, ExportFormat } from "../../src/utils/exportUtils/exportUtils";
@@ -120,13 +120,16 @@ describe('export', function() {
         }
         // reply events
         for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+            const eventId = "$" + Math.random() + "-" + Math.random();
             matrixEvents.push(TestUtilsMatrix.mkEvent({
                 "content": {
                     "body": "> <@me:here> Hi\n\nTest",
                     "format": "org.matrix.custom.html",
                     "m.relates_to": {
+                        "rel_type": RelationType.Reference,
+                        "event_id": eventId,
                         "m.in_reply_to": {
-                            "event_id": "$" + Math.random() + "-" + Math.random(),
+                            "event_id": eventId,
                         },
                     },
                     "msgtype": "m.text",
@@ -148,7 +151,7 @@ describe('export', function() {
                         return "avatar.jpeg";
                     },
                     getMxcAvatarUrl: () => 'mxc://avatar.url/image.png',
-                },
+                } as unknown as RoomMember,
                 ts: ts0 + i*1000,
                 mship: 'join',
                 prevMship: 'join',
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 1412a95fe0..4f896a72ea 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -24,5 +24,7 @@
     "./src/**/*.tsx" ,
     "./test/test-utils/**/*.ts",
     "./test/test-utils/**/*.tsx",
+    "./test/utils/**/*.ts",
+    "./test/utils/**/*.tsx",
   ],
 }