diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/ForwardDialog.tsx b/src/components/views/dialogs/ForwardDialog.tsx
index a83f3f177c..6fbed6fc8b 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/ForwardDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/ForwardDialog.tsx
@@ -14,30 +14,31 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import React, {useMemo, useState, useEffect} from "react";
+import React, { useMemo, useState, useEffect } from "react";
 import classnames from "classnames";
-import {MatrixEvent} from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/event";
-import {Room} from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/room";
-import {MatrixClient} from "matrix-js-sdk/src/client";
+import { MatrixEvent } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/event";
+import { Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/room";
+import { MatrixClient } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/client";
+import { RoomMember } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/room-member";
 
-import {_t} from "../../../languageHandler";
+import { _t } from "../../../languageHandler";
 import dis from "../../../dispatcher/dispatcher";
-import {useSettingValue, useFeatureEnabled} from "../../../hooks/useSettings";
-import {UIFeature} from "../../../settings/UIFeature";
-import {Layout} from "../../../settings/Layout";
-import {IDialogProps} from "./IDialogProps";
+import { useSettingValue, useFeatureEnabled } from "../../../hooks/useSettings";
+import { UIFeature } from "../../../settings/UIFeature";
+import { Layout } from "../../../settings/Layout";
+import { IDialogProps } from "./IDialogProps";
 import BaseDialog from "./BaseDialog";
-import {avatarUrlForUser} from "../../../Avatar";
+import { avatarUrlForUser } from "../../../Avatar";
 import EventTile from "../rooms/EventTile";
 import SearchBox from "../../structures/SearchBox";
 import DecoratedRoomAvatar from "../avatars/DecoratedRoomAvatar";
-import {Alignment} from '../elements/Tooltip';
+import { Alignment } from '../elements/Tooltip';
 import AccessibleTooltipButton from "../elements/AccessibleTooltipButton";
 import AutoHideScrollbar from "../../structures/AutoHideScrollbar";
-import {StaticNotificationState} from "../../../stores/notifications/StaticNotificationState";
+import { StaticNotificationState } from "../../../stores/notifications/StaticNotificationState";
 import NotificationBadge from "../rooms/NotificationBadge";
-import {RoomPermalinkCreator} from "../../../utils/permalinks/Permalinks";
-import {sortRooms} from "../../../stores/room-list/algorithms/tag-sorting/RecentAlgorithm";
+import { RoomPermalinkCreator } from "../../../utils/permalinks/Permalinks";
+import { sortRooms } from "../../../stores/room-list/algorithms/tag-sorting/RecentAlgorithm";
 import QueryMatcher from "../../../autocomplete/QueryMatcher";
 
 const AVATAR_SIZE = 30;
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ const ForwardDialog: React.FC<IProps> = ({ matrixClient: cli, event, permalinkCr
             );
         },
         getMxcAvatarUrl: () => profileInfo.avatar_url,
-    };
+    } as RoomMember;
 
     const [query, setQuery] = useState("");
     const lcQuery = query.toLowerCase();
diff --git a/src/components/views/elements/EventTilePreview.tsx b/src/components/views/elements/EventTilePreview.tsx
index cf3b7a6e61..366d918bcf 100644
--- a/src/components/views/elements/EventTilePreview.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/elements/EventTilePreview.tsx
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ limitations under the License.
 import React from 'react';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
 import { MatrixEvent } from 'matrix-js-sdk/src/models/event';
+import { RoomMember } from 'matrix-js-sdk/src/models/room-member';
 
 import * as Avatar from '../../../Avatar';
 import EventTile from '../rooms/EventTile';
 import SettingsStore from "../../../settings/SettingsStore";
-import {Layout} from "../../../settings/Layout";
-import {UIFeature} from "../../../settings/UIFeature";
-import {replaceableComponent} from "../../../utils/replaceableComponent";
+import { Layout } from "../../../settings/Layout";
+import { UIFeature } from "../../../settings/UIFeature";
+import { replaceableComponent } from "../../../utils/replaceableComponent";
 
 interface IProps {
     /**
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ export default class EventTilePreview extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
                 );
             },
             getMxcAvatarUrl: () => this.props.avatarUrl,
-        };
+        } as RoomMember;
 
         return event;
     }