diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3f073ce59c..ee4094601a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     "linkifyjs": "^2.1.9",
     "lodash": "^4.17.19",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
-    "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.3",
+    "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.5",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
     "pako": "^1.0.11",
     "parse5": "^5.1.1",
diff --git a/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidget.ts b/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidget.ts
index d0a19285dd..17302d0ab9 100644
--- a/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidget.ts
+++ b/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidget.ts
@@ -253,9 +253,9 @@ export class StopGapWidget extends EventEmitter {
         if (this.started) return;
         const driver = new StopGapWidgetDriver( this.appTileProps.whitelistCapabilities || []);
         this.messaging = new ClientWidgetApi(this.mockWidget, iframe, driver);
-        this.messaging.addEventListener("preparing", () => this.emit("preparing"));
-        this.messaging.addEventListener("ready", () => this.emit("ready"));
-        this.messaging.addEventListener(`action:${WidgetApiFromWidgetAction.GetOpenIDCredentials}`, this.onOpenIdReq);
+        this.messaging.on("preparing", () => this.emit("preparing"));
+        this.messaging.on("ready", () => this.emit("ready"));
+        this.messaging.on(`action:${WidgetApiFromWidgetAction.GetOpenIDCredentials}`, this.onOpenIdReq);
         WidgetMessagingStore.instance.storeMessaging(this.mockWidget, this.messaging);
 
         if (!this.appTileProps.userWidget && this.appTileProps.room) {
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ export class StopGapWidget extends EventEmitter {
         }
 
         if (WidgetType.JITSI.matches(this.mockWidget.type)) {
-            this.messaging.addEventListener("action:set_always_on_screen",
+            this.messaging.on("action:set_always_on_screen",
                 (ev: CustomEvent<IStickyActionRequest>) => {
                     if (this.messaging.hasCapability(MatrixCapabilities.AlwaysOnScreen)) {
                         ActiveWidgetStore.setWidgetPersistence(this.mockWidget.id, ev.detail.data.value);
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ export class StopGapWidget extends EventEmitter {
                 },
             );
         } else if (WidgetType.STICKERPICKER.matches(this.mockWidget.type)) {
-            this.messaging.addEventListener(`action:${ElementWidgetActions.OpenIntegrationManager}`,
+            this.messaging.on(`action:${ElementWidgetActions.OpenIntegrationManager}`,
                 (ev: CustomEvent<IWidgetApiRequest>) => {
                     // Acknowledge first
                     ev.preventDefault();
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ export class StopGapWidget extends EventEmitter {
 
             // TODO: Replace this event listener with appropriate driver functionality once the API
             // establishes a sane way to send events back and forth.
-            this.messaging.addEventListener(`action:${WidgetApiFromWidgetAction.SendSticker}`,
+            this.messaging.on(`action:${WidgetApiFromWidgetAction.SendSticker}`,
                 (ev: CustomEvent<IStickerActionRequest>) => {
                     // Acknowledge first
                     ev.preventDefault();
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1f06fd6130..a06e8bc62d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4155,6 +4155,11 @@ esutils@^2.0.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esutils/-/esutils-2.0.3.tgz#74d2eb4de0b8da1293711910d50775b9b710ef64"
   integrity sha512-kVscqXk4OCp68SZ0dkgEKVi6/8ij300KBWTJq32P/dYeWTSwK41WyTxalN1eRmA5Z9UU/LX9D7FWSmV9SAYx6g==
 
+events@^3.2.0:
+  version "3.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/events/-/events-3.2.0.tgz#93b87c18f8efcd4202a461aec4dfc0556b639379"
+  integrity sha512-/46HWwbfCX2xTawVfkKLGxMifJYQBWMwY1mjywRtb4c9x8l5NP3KoJtnIOiL1hfdRkIuYhETxQlo62IF8tcnlg==
+
 except@^0.1.3:
   version "0.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/except/-/except-0.1.3.tgz#98261c91958551536b44482238e9783fb73d292a"
@@ -6527,10 +6532,12 @@ matrix-react-test-utils@^0.2.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-test-utils/-/matrix-react-test-utils-0.2.2.tgz#c87144d3b910c7edc544a6699d13c7c2bf02f853"
   integrity sha512-49+7gfV6smvBIVbeloql+37IeWMTD+fiywalwCqk8Dnz53zAFjKSltB3rmWHso1uecLtQEcPtCijfhzcLXAxTQ==
 
-matrix-widget-api@^0.1.0-beta.3:
-  version "0.1.0-beta.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-widget-api/-/matrix-widget-api-0.1.0-beta.3.tgz#356965ca357172ee056e3fd86fd96879b059a114"
-  integrity sha512-j7nxdhLQfdU6snsdBA29KQR0DmT8/vl6otOvGqPCV0OCHpq1312cP79Eg4JzJKIFI3A76Qha3nYx6G9/aapwXg==
+matrix-widget-api@^0.1.0-beta.5:
+  version "0.1.0-beta.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-widget-api/-/matrix-widget-api-0.1.0-beta.5.tgz#dd7f24a177aa590d812bd4e92e2c3ac225c5557e"
+  integrity sha512-J3GBJtVMFuEM/EWFylc0IlkPjdgmWxrkGYPaZ0LSmxp+OlNJxYfnWPR6F6HveW+Z8C1i0vq+BTueofSqKv2zDg==
+  dependencies:
+    events "^3.2.0"
 
 mdast-util-compact@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.4"