diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 29ba57f..554f241 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "find-npm-prefix": "^1.0.2",
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
     "glob": "^7.1.6",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "5.3.1-rc.4",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "6.0.0-rc.1",
     "mkdirp": "^1.0.3",
     "needle": "^2.3.2",
     "node-pre-gyp": "^0.14.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0949bdb..883eb9d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2862,10 +2862,10 @@ map-age-cleaner@^0.1.1:
   dependencies:
     p-defer "^1.0.0"
 
-matrix-js-sdk@5.3.1-rc.4:
-  version "5.3.1-rc.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-5.3.1-rc.4.tgz#f0e6d512540aa04dfdc311c854fd9efb53287071"
-  integrity sha512-IIuUzP4ee5rw7gtuA2mT7i/jXehl0OrdBMUSAruqixl5DUvBSWjPyFbS4zclVN+DNf75j+7RWMH8Q8BLfdvLeA==
+matrix-js-sdk@6.0.0-rc.1:
+  version "6.0.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-6.0.0-rc.1.tgz#afdee9d49fe0a1040d56fc1b5014e628cc15b5a4"
+  integrity sha512-m3xkRFmf6VLXxDVeHPrIWFp9tvc8lGIZSlJ/ObY+mdn4gIGFjV77A+3gcuMynj0yb6DJtkexPlqP2G9wmMyQuQ==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
     another-json "^0.2.0"