diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 541ef228..24f2362e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "joi": "^17.10.1",
     "lodash": "^4.17.20",
     "luxon": "^3.3.0",
-    "matrix-widget-api": "^1.1.1",
+    "matrix-widget-api": "^1.6.0",
     "pdfmake": "^0.2.7",
     "react": "^17.0.2",
     "react-beautiful-dnd": "^13.1.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5a88f4a6..7f9ac71f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8604,10 +8604,10 @@ matcher-collection@^2.0.0:
     "@types/minimatch" "^3.0.3"
     minimatch "^3.0.2"
 
-matrix-widget-api@^1.1.1, matrix-widget-api@^1.3.1:
-  version "1.4.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-widget-api/-/matrix-widget-api-1.4.0.tgz#e426ec16a013897f3a4a9c2bff423f54ab0ba745"
-  integrity sha512-dw0dRylGQzDUoiaY/g5xx1tBbS7aoov31PRtFMAvG58/4uerYllV9Gfou7w+I1aglwB6hihTREzKltVjARWV6A==
+matrix-widget-api@^1.3.1, matrix-widget-api@^1.6.0:
+  version "1.6.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-widget-api/-/matrix-widget-api-1.6.0.tgz#f0075411edffc6de339580ade7e6e6e6edb01af4"
+  integrity sha512-VXIJyAZ/WnBmT4C7ePqevgMYGneKMCP/0JuCOqntSsaNlCRHJvwvTxmqUU+ufOpzIF5gYNyIrAjbgrEbK3iqJQ==
   dependencies:
     "@types/events" "^3.0.0"
     events "^3.2.0"