diff --git a/apps/web/src/stores/widgets/ElementWidgetDriver.ts b/apps/web/src/stores/widgets/ElementWidgetDriver.ts
index 725f149f0d..d1d373ea38 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/stores/widgets/ElementWidgetDriver.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/stores/widgets/ElementWidgetDriver.ts
@@ -378,6 +378,21 @@ export class ElementWidgetDriver extends WidgetDriver {
         return { roomId, eventId: r.event_id };
     }
 
+    public async readStickyEvents(roomId: string): Promise<IRoomEvent[]> {
+        const room = MatrixClientPeg.safeGet().getRoom(roomId);
+        if (!room) {
+            logger.warn(`[ElementWidgetDriver] readStickyEvents: room ${roomId} not found`);
+            return Promise.resolve([]);
+        }
+        const stickyEvents: IRoomEvent[] = [];
+        for (const ev of room._unstable_getStickyEvents()) {
+            stickyEvents.push(ev.getEffectiveEvent() as IRoomEvent);
+        }
+        // Notice that the capability checks are not done here; they are done in the matrix-widget-api.
+        // The ClientWidgetAPI will do the filtering of events based on the capabilities advertised by the driver.
+        return stickyEvents;
+    }
+
     private getSendDelayedEventOpts(delay: number | null, parentDelayId: string | null): SendDelayedEventRequestOpts {
         if (delay !== null) {
             return {
diff --git a/apps/web/test/unit-tests/stores/widgets/ElementWidgetDriver-test.ts b/apps/web/test/unit-tests/stores/widgets/ElementWidgetDriver-test.ts
index a95a6ed958..7820cd6783 100644
--- a/apps/web/test/unit-tests/stores/widgets/ElementWidgetDriver-test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/test/unit-tests/stores/widgets/ElementWidgetDriver-test.ts
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ describe("ElementWidgetDriver", () => {
         });
     });
 
-    describe("sendStickyEvent", () => {
+    describe("StickyEvent", () => {
         let driver: WidgetDriver;
         const roomId = "!this-room-id";
 
@@ -621,6 +621,41 @@ describe("ElementWidgetDriver", () => {
                 {},
             );
         });
+
+        it("Reads sticky message", async () => {
+            const mockStickyEvent = new MatrixEvent({
+                sender: "@alice:example.org",
+                type: EventType.RTCMembership,
+                content: {
+                    msc4354_sticky_key: "7f433807-26aa-441b-810f-43b3fd6d0955",
+                },
+            });
+            const mockRoom: Partial<Room> = {
+                roomId: roomId,
+                _unstable_getStickyEvents: jest.fn().mockReturnValue([mockStickyEvent]),
+            };
+            client.getRoom.mockImplementation((roomId) => {
+                if (roomId === mockRoom.roomId) return mockRoom as Room;
+                return null;
+            });
+
+            {
+                const stickyEvents = await driver.readStickyEvents(roomId);
+
+                expect(stickyEvents.length).toBe(1);
+                const stickyEvent = stickyEvents[0];
+                expect(stickyEvent.type).toEqual(mockStickyEvent.getType());
+                expect(stickyEvent.sender).toEqual(mockStickyEvent.getSender());
+                expect(stickyEvent.content).toEqual(mockStickyEvent.getContent());
+            }
+
+            {
+                const stickyEvents = await driver.readStickyEvents("!another-room-id");
+                expect(stickyEvents.length).toBe(0);
+            }
+
+            expect(mockRoom._unstable_getStickyEvents).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
     });
 
     describe("sendDelayedStickyEvent", () => {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9460ea5a43..69660014b5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         "testcontainers": "^11.0.0",
         "wrap-ansi-cjs": "npm:wrap-ansi@^7.0.0",
         "wrap-ansi": "npm:wrap-ansi@^7.0.0",
-        "matrix-widget-api": "^1.16.1",
+        "matrix-widget-api": "^1.17.0",
         "qs": "6.14.2"
     },
     "dependencies": {},
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 4ff2f5b91c..0a85653cc9 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ overrides:
   testcontainers: ^11.0.0
   wrap-ansi-cjs: npm:wrap-ansi@^7.0.0
   wrap-ansi: npm:wrap-ansi@^7.0.0
-  matrix-widget-api: ^1.16.1
+  matrix-widget-api: ^1.17.0
   qs: 6.14.2
 
 packageExtensionsChecksum: sha256-OFePh8Fn8A1ZEWgJF51vTMPT/HEVyXQyj6YGIztPb0w=
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ importers:
         specifier: github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop
         version: https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/5739b59faaf33fa55457dcaa76ffebe0506d1466
       matrix-widget-api:
-        specifier: ^1.16.1
+        specifier: ^1.17.0
         version: 1.17.0
       memoize-one:
         specifier: ^6.0.0