1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/storage/events_worker.py b/synapse/storage/events_worker.py
index 86c3b48ad4..2e23dd78ba 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/events_worker.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/events_worker.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
 from collections import namedtuple
 
 import logging
-import ujson as json
+import simplejson as json
 
 # these are only included to make the type annotations work
 from synapse.events import EventBase    # noqa: F401