diff --git a/examples/node/app.js b/examples/node/app.js
index 5e48e26c404..8f38c34cdbe 100644
--- a/examples/node/app.js
+++ b/examples/node/app.js
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
+import clc from "cli-color";
+import fs from "fs";
+import readline from "readline";
+import sdk, { ClientEvent, EventType, MsgType, RoomEvent } from "matrix-js-sdk";
+import { KnownMembership } from "matrix-js-sdk/lib/@types/membership.js";
+
+var myHomeServer = "http://localhost:8008";
 var myUserId = "@example:localhost";
 var myAccessToken = "QGV4YW1wbGU6bG9jYWxob3N0.qPEvLuYfNBjxikiCjP";
-var sdk = require("matrix-js-sdk");
-var clc = require("cli-color");
+
 var matrixClient = sdk.createClient({
-    baseUrl: "http://localhost:8008",
+    baseUrl: myHomeServer,
     accessToken: myAccessToken,
     userId: myUserId,
 });
@@ -15,7 +21,6 @@ var numMessagesToShow = 20;
 
 // Reading from stdin
 var CLEAR_CONSOLE = "\x1B[2J";
-var readline = require("readline");
 var rl = readline.createInterface({
     input: process.stdin,
     output: process.stdout,
@@ -97,7 +102,7 @@ rl.on("line", function (line) {
                 })
                 .then(function (url) {
                     var content = {
-                        msgtype: "m.file",
+                        msgtype: MsgType.File,
                         body: filename,
                         url: JSON.parse(url).content_uri,
                     };
@@ -138,7 +143,7 @@ rl.on("line", function (line) {
 // ==== END User input
 
 // show the room list after syncing.
-matrixClient.on("sync", function (state, prevState, data) {
+matrixClient.on(ClientEvent.Sync, function (state, prevState, data) {
     switch (state) {
         case "PREPARED":
             setRoomList();
@@ -149,7 +154,7 @@ matrixClient.on("sync", function (state, prevState, data) {
     }
 });
 
-matrixClient.on("Room", function () {
+matrixClient.on(ClientEvent.Room, function () {
     setRoomList();
     if (!viewingRoom) {
         printRoomList();
@@ -158,7 +163,7 @@ matrixClient.on("Room", function () {
 });
 
 // print incoming messages.
-matrixClient.on("Room.timeline", function (event, room, toStartOfTimeline) {
+matrixClient.on(RoomEvent.Timeline, function (event, room, toStartOfTimeline) {
     if (toStartOfTimeline) {
         return; // don't print paginated results
     }
@@ -305,7 +310,7 @@ function printRoomInfo(room) {
     print(eTypeHeader + sendHeader + contentHeader);
     print(new Array(100).join("-"));
     eventMap.keys().forEach(function (eventType) {
-        if (eventType === "m.room.member") {
+        if (eventType === EventType.RoomMember) {
             return;
         } // use /members instead.
         var eventEventMap = eventMap.get(eventType);
@@ -343,7 +348,7 @@ function printLine(event) {
         name = name.slice(0, maxNameWidth - 1) + "\u2026";
     }
 
-    if (event.getType() === "m.room.message") {
+    if (event.getType() === EventType.RoomMessage) {
         body = event.getContent().body;
     } else if (event.isState()) {
         var stateName = event.getType();
@@ -394,4 +399,4 @@ function fixWidth(str, len) {
     return str;
 }
 
-matrixClient.startClient(numMessagesToShow); // messages for each room.
+matrixClient.startClient({ initialSyncLimit: numMessagesToShow });
diff --git a/examples/node/package.json b/examples/node/package.json
index 130fad9214e..df42d05121b 100644
--- a/examples/node/package.json
+++ b/examples/node/package.json
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
     "main": "app.js",
     "author": "",
     "license": "Apache 2.0",
+    "type": "module",
     "dependencies": {
         "cli-color": "^1.0.0",
-        "matrix-js-sdk": "^32.0.0"
+        "matrix-js-sdk": "^34.5.0"
     }
 }