diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 13547f2b1b3..fd55f39dc0b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         "content-type": "^1.0.4",
         "jwt-decode": "^4.0.0",
         "loglevel": "^1.7.1",
-        "matrix-events-sdk": "0.0.1",
+        "matrix-events-sdk": "2.0.0",
         "matrix-widget-api": "^1.8.2",
         "oidc-client-ts": "^3.0.1",
         "p-retry": "4",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0943d45f908..85d03d0e0b8 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1981,6 +1981,11 @@ aggregate-error@^3.0.0:
     clean-stack "^2.0.0"
     indent-string "^4.0.0"
 
+ajv-errors@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ajv-errors/-/ajv-errors-3.0.0.tgz#e54f299f3a3d30fe144161e5f0d8d51196c527bc"
+  integrity sha512-V3wD15YHfHz6y0KdhYFjyy9vWtEVALT9UrxfN3zqlI6dMioHnJrqOYfyPKol3oqrnCM9uwkcdCwkJ0WUcbLMTQ==
+
 ajv@^6.12.4:
   version "6.12.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ajv/-/ajv-6.12.6.tgz#baf5a62e802b07d977034586f8c3baf5adf26df4"
@@ -1991,6 +1996,16 @@ ajv@^6.12.4:
     json-schema-traverse "^0.4.1"
     uri-js "^4.2.2"
 
+ajv@^8.11.2:
+  version "8.17.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ajv/-/ajv-8.17.1.tgz#37d9a5c776af6bc92d7f4f9510eba4c0a60d11a6"
+  integrity sha512-B/gBuNg5SiMTrPkC+A2+cW0RszwxYmn6VYxB/inlBStS5nx6xHIt/ehKRhIMhqusl7a8LjQoZnjCs5vhwxOQ1g==
+  dependencies:
+    fast-deep-equal "^3.1.3"
+    fast-uri "^3.0.1"
+    json-schema-traverse "^1.0.0"
+    require-from-string "^2.0.2"
+
 ajv@~8.12.0:
   version "8.12.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ajv/-/ajv-8.12.0.tgz#d1a0527323e22f53562c567c00991577dfbe19d1"
@@ -3332,6 +3347,11 @@ fast-levenshtein@^2.0.6:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fast-levenshtein/-/fast-levenshtein-2.0.6.tgz#3d8a5c66883a16a30ca8643e851f19baa7797917"
   integrity sha512-DCXu6Ifhqcks7TZKY3Hxp3y6qphY5SJZmrWMDrKcERSOXWQdMhU9Ig/PYrzyw/ul9jOIyh0N4M0tbC5hodg8dw==
 
+fast-uri@^3.0.1:
+  version "3.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fast-uri/-/fast-uri-3.0.1.tgz#cddd2eecfc83a71c1be2cc2ef2061331be8a7134"
+  integrity sha512-MWipKbbYiYI0UC7cl8m/i/IWTqfC8YXsqjzybjddLsFjStroQzsHXkc73JutMvBiXmOvapk+axIl79ig5t55Bw==
+
 fastq@^1.6.0:
   version "1.17.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fastq/-/fastq-1.17.1.tgz#2a523f07a4e7b1e81a42b91b8bf2254107753b47"
@@ -4809,10 +4829,13 @@ markdown-it@^14.1.0:
     punycode.js "^2.3.1"
     uc.micro "^2.1.0"
 
-matrix-events-sdk@0.0.1:
-  version "0.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-events-sdk/-/matrix-events-sdk-0.0.1.tgz#c8c38911e2cb29023b0bbac8d6f32e0de2c957dd"
-  integrity sha512-1QEOsXO+bhyCroIe2/A5OwaxHvBm7EsSQ46DEDn8RBIfQwN5HWBpFvyWWR4QY0KHPPnnJdI99wgRiAl7Ad5qaA==
+matrix-events-sdk@2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-events-sdk/-/matrix-events-sdk-2.0.0.tgz#f5f8dafbe4eae07fdbb628627f430ca5b1fd8c7a"
+  integrity sha512-UZbifYIO2o9+sNn4YuGjhMof/88TG68PyecKnH/pt8V3MFq0RZsbBUe+3/k5ZeVcEtr0pQLmcKB7d8aQVsVO/w==
+  dependencies:
+    ajv "^8.11.2"
+    ajv-errors "^3.0.0"
 
 matrix-mock-request@^2.5.0:
   version "2.6.0"