diff --git a/packages/shared-components/package.json b/packages/shared-components/package.json
index 477d546a3e..b58659edc1 100644
--- a/packages/shared-components/package.json
+++ b/packages/shared-components/package.json
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
         "temporal-polyfill": "^0.3.0"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
+        "@element-hq/element-web-module-api": "^1.8.0",
         "@element-hq/element-web-playwright-common": "^2.0.0",
         "@playwright/test": "1.57.0",
         "@storybook/addon-a11y": "^10.0.7",
diff --git a/packages/shared-components/yarn.lock b/packages/shared-components/yarn.lock
index f781affa06..960f407185 100644
--- a/packages/shared-components/yarn.lock
+++ b/packages/shared-components/yarn.lock
@@ -352,6 +352,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@bcoe/v8-coverage/-/v8-coverage-0.2.3.tgz#75a2e8b51cb758a7553d6804a5932d7aace75c39"
   integrity sha512-0hYQ8SB4Db5zvZB4axdMHGwEaQjkZzFjQiN9LVYvIFB2nSUHW9tYpxWriPrWDASIxiaXax83REcLxuSdnGPZtw==
 
+"@element-hq/element-web-module-api@^1.8.0":
+  version "1.8.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@element-hq/element-web-module-api/-/element-web-module-api-1.8.0.tgz#95aa4ec22609cf0f4a7f24274473af0645a16f2a"
+  integrity sha512-lMiDA9ubP3mZZupIMT8T3wS0riX30rYZj3pFpdP4cfZhkWZa3FJFStokAy5OnaHyENC7Px1cqkBGqilOWewY/A==
+
 "@element-hq/element-web-playwright-common@^2.0.0":
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@element-hq/element-web-playwright-common/-/element-web-playwright-common-2.0.0.tgz#30cf741a33c69540b4bc434f5349d0fe900bc611"