diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 215ff6e75e..4beb6bc6ce 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "fuse.js": "^2.2.0",
     "glob": "^5.0.14",
     "highlight.js": "^8.9.1",
-    "linkifyjs": "2.1.0",
+    "linkifyjs": "2.0.0-beta.4",
     "lodash": "^4.13.1",
     "marked": "^0.3.5",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",