diff --git a/src/models/room.ts b/src/models/room.ts
index 7e1284b4e9b..f4d693bfdd5 100644
--- a/src/models/room.ts
+++ b/src/models/room.ts
@@ -398,7 +398,8 @@ export class Room extends ReadReceipt<RoomEmittedEvents, RoomEventHandlerMap> {
      *             Use getLiveTimeline().getState(EventTimeline.FORWARDS) instead.
      */
     public currentState!: RoomState;
-    public readonly relations = new RelationsContainer(this.client, this);
+
+    public readonly relations;
 
     /**
      * A collection of events known by the client
@@ -460,6 +461,7 @@ export class Room extends ReadReceipt<RoomEmittedEvents, RoomEventHandlerMap> {
         private readonly opts: IOpts = {},
     ) {
         super();
+
         // In some cases, we add listeners for every displayed Matrix event, so it's
         // common to have quite a few more than the default limit.
         this.setMaxListeners(100);
@@ -470,6 +472,8 @@ export class Room extends ReadReceipt<RoomEmittedEvents, RoomEventHandlerMap> {
         this.name = roomId;
         this.normalizedName = roomId;
 
+        this.relations = new RelationsContainer(this.client, this);
+
         // Listen to our own receipt event as a more modular way of processing our own
         // receipts. No need to remove the listener: it's on ourself anyway.
         this.on(RoomEvent.Receipt, this.onReceipt);
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index c1c9d48b8e9..a7d2eeb4dd4 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "compilerOptions": {
-        "target": "es2016",
+        "target": "es2022",
         "experimentalDecorators": true,
         "esModuleInterop": true,
         "module": "commonjs",