diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop-package.json b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop-package.json
index e1f070eaa9a7..45a03ef1fe5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop-package.json
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop-package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "element-desktop",
   "productName": "Element",
   "main": "src/electron-main.js",
-  "version": "1.7.26",
+  "version": "1.7.27",
   "description": "A feature-rich client for Matrix.org",
   "author": "Element",
   "repository": {
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "files": [],
   "scripts": {
+    "i18n": "matrix-gen-i18n",
+    "prunei18n": "matrix-prune-i18n",
+    "diff-i18n": "cp src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json src/i18n/strings/en_EN_orig.json && matrix-gen-i18n && matrix-compare-i18n-files src/i18n/strings/en_EN_orig.json src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json",
     "mkdirs": "mkdirp packages deploys",
     "fetch": "yarn run mkdirs && node scripts/fetch-package.js",
     "asar-webapp": "asar p webapp webapp.asar",
@@ -31,6 +34,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "auto-launch": "^5.0.5",
+    "counterpart": "^0.18.6",
     "electron-store": "^6.0.1",
     "electron-window-state": "^5.0.3",
     "minimist": "^1.2.3",
@@ -48,6 +52,7 @@
     "find-npm-prefix": "^1.0.2",
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
     "glob": "^7.1.6",
+    "matrix-web-i18n": "github:matrix-org/matrix-web-i18n",
     "mkdirp": "^1.0.3",
     "needle": "^2.5.0",
     "node-pre-gyp": "^0.15.0",
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop-yarndeps.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop-yarndeps.nix
index 2c254f783727..7d26fbbbff76 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop-yarndeps.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop-yarndeps.nix
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@
         sha1 = "168da1a36e90da68ae8d49c0f1b48c7c6249213a";
       };
     }
+    {
+      name = "_babel_code_frame___code_frame_7.12.13.tgz";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "_babel_code_frame___code_frame_7.12.13.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/code-frame/-/code-frame-7.12.13.tgz";
+        sha1 = "dcfc826beef65e75c50e21d3837d7d95798dd658";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "_babel_generator___generator_7.10.5.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
@@ -41,6 +49,14 @@
         sha1 = "1b903554bc8c583ee8d25f1e8969732e6b829a69";
       };
     }
+    {
+      name = "_babel_generator___generator_7.13.16.tgz";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "_babel_generator___generator_7.13.16.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/generator/-/generator-7.13.16.tgz";
+        sha1 = "0befc287031a201d84cdfc173b46b320ae472d14";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "_babel_helper_function_name___helper_function_name_7.10.4.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
@@ -49,6 +65,14 @@
         sha1 = "d2d3b20c59ad8c47112fa7d2a94bc09d5ef82f1a";
       };
     }
+    {
+      name = "_babel_helper_function_name___helper_function_name_7.12.13.tgz";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "_babel_helper_function_name___helper_function_name_7.12.13.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/helper-function-name/-/helper-function-name-7.12.13.tgz";
+        sha1 = "93ad656db3c3c2232559fd7b2c3dbdcbe0eb377a";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "_babel_helper_get_function_arity___helper_get_function_arity_7.10.4.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
@@ -57,6 +81,14 @@
         sha1 = "98c1cbea0e2332f33f9a4661b8ce1505b2c19ba2";
       };
     }
+    {
+      name = "_babel_helper_get_function_arity___helper_get_function_arity_7.12.13.tgz";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "_babel_helper_get_function_arity___helper_get_function_arity_7.12.13.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/helper-get-function-arity/-/helper-get-function-arity-7.12.13.tgz";
+        sha1 = "bc63451d403a3b3082b97e1d8b3fe5bd4091e583";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "_babel_helper_split_export_declaration___helper_split_export_declaration_7.10.4.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
@@ -65,6 +97,14 @@
         sha1 = "2c70576eaa3b5609b24cb99db2888cc3fc4251d1";
       };
     }
+    {
+      name = "_babel_helper_split_export_declaration___helper_split_export_declaration_7.12.13.tgz";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "_babel_helper_split_export_declaration___helper_split_export_declaration_7.12.13.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/helper-split-export-declaration/-/helper-split-export-declaration-7.12.13.tgz";
+        sha1 = "e9430be00baf3e88b0e13e6f9d4eaf2136372b05";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "_babel_helper_validator_identifier___helper_validator_identifier_7.10.4.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
@@ -73,6 +113,14 @@
         sha1 = "a78c7a7251e01f616512d31b10adcf52ada5e0d2";
       };
     }
+    {
+      name = "_babel_helper_validator_identifier___helper_validator_identifier_7.12.11.tgz";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "_babel_helper_validator_identifier___helper_validator_identifier_7.12.11.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/helper-validator-identifier/-/helper-validator-identifier-7.12.11.tgz";
+        sha1 = "c9a1f021917dcb5ccf0d4e453e399022981fc9ed";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "_babel_highlight___highlight_7.5.0.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
@@ -89,6 +137,14 @@
         sha1 = "7d1bdfd65753538fabe6c38596cdb76d9ac60143";
       };
     }
+    {
+      name = "_babel_highlight___highlight_7.13.10.tgz";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "_babel_highlight___highlight_7.13.10.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/highlight/-/highlight-7.13.10.tgz";
+        sha1 = "a8b2a66148f5b27d666b15d81774347a731d52d1";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "_babel_parser___parser_7.10.5.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
@@ -97,6 +153,14 @@
         sha1 = "e7c6bf5a7deff957cec9f04b551e2762909d826b";
       };
     }
+    {
+      name = "_babel_parser___parser_7.13.16.tgz";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "_babel_parser___parser_7.13.16.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/parser/-/parser-7.13.16.tgz";
+        sha1 = "0f18179b0448e6939b1f3f5c4c355a3a9bcdfd37";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "_babel_runtime___runtime_7.11.2.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
@@ -113,6 +177,22 @@
         sha1 = "3251996c4200ebc71d1a8fc405fba940f36ba278";
       };
     }
+    {
+      name = "_babel_template___template_7.12.13.tgz";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "_babel_template___template_7.12.13.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/template/-/template-7.12.13.tgz";
+        sha1 = "530265be8a2589dbb37523844c5bcb55947fb327";
+      };
+    }
+    {
+      name = "_babel_traverse___traverse_7.13.17.tgz";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "_babel_traverse___traverse_7.13.17.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/traverse/-/traverse-7.13.17.tgz";
+        sha1 = "c85415e0c7d50ac053d758baec98b28b2ecfeea3";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "_babel_traverse___traverse_7.10.5.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
@@ -129,6 +209,14 @@
         sha1 = "d88ae7e2fde86bfbfe851d4d81afa70a997b5d15";
       };
     }
+    {
+      name = "_babel_types___types_7.13.17.tgz";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "_babel_types___types_7.13.17.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/types/-/types-7.13.17.tgz";
+        sha1 = "48010a115c9fba7588b4437dd68c9469012b38b4";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "_develar_schema_utils___schema_utils_2.6.5.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
@@ -1665,6 +1753,14 @@
         sha1 = "b5fd54220aa2bc5ab57aab7140c940754503c1a7";
       };
     }
+    {
+      name = "counterpart___counterpart_0.18.6.tgz";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "counterpart___counterpart_0.18.6.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/counterpart/-/counterpart-0.18.6.tgz";
+        sha1 = "cf6b60d8ef99a4b44b8bf6445fa99b4bd1b2f9dd";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "crc_32___crc_32_1.2.0.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
@@ -1761,6 +1857,14 @@
         sha1 = "853cfa0f7cbe2fed5de20326b8dd581035f6e2f0";
       };
     }
+    {
+      name = "date_names___date_names_0.1.13.tgz";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "date_names___date_names_0.1.13.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/date-names/-/date-names-0.1.13.tgz";
+        sha1 = "c4358f6f77c8056e2f5ea68fdbb05f0bf1e53bd0";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "debounce_fn___debounce_fn_4.0.0.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
@@ -2521,6 +2625,14 @@
         sha1 = "74d2eb4de0b8da1293711910d50775b9b710ef64";
       };
     }
+    {
+      name = "except___except_0.1.3.tgz";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "except___except_0.1.3.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/except/-/except-0.1.3.tgz";
+        sha1 = "98261c91958551536b44482238e9783fb73d292a";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "execa___execa_0.7.0.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
@@ -2610,11 +2722,11 @@
       };
     }
     {
-      name = "figgy_pudding___figgy_pudding_3.5.1.tgz";
+      name = "figgy_pudding___figgy_pudding_3.5.2.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
-        name = "figgy_pudding___figgy_pudding_3.5.1.tgz";
-        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/figgy-pudding/-/figgy-pudding-3.5.1.tgz";
-        sha1 = "862470112901c727a0e495a80744bd5baa1d6790";
+        name = "figgy_pudding___figgy_pudding_3.5.2.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/figgy-pudding/-/figgy-pudding-3.5.2.tgz";
+        sha1 = "b4eee8148abb01dcf1d1ac34367d59e12fa61d6e";
       };
     }
     {
@@ -2697,6 +2809,14 @@
         sha1 = "8dd7d873a1babc207d94ead0c2e0e44276ebf2e8";
       };
     }
+    {
+      name = "foreachasync___foreachasync_3.0.0.tgz";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "foreachasync___foreachasync_3.0.0.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/foreachasync/-/foreachasync-3.0.0.tgz";
+        sha1 = "5502987dc8714be3392097f32e0071c9dee07cf6";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "forever_agent___forever_agent_0.6.1.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
@@ -3265,6 +3385,14 @@
         sha1 = "9218b9b2b928a238b13dc4fb6b6d576f231453ea";
       };
     }
+    {
+      name = "indexof___indexof_0.0.1.tgz";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "indexof___indexof_0.0.1.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/indexof/-/indexof-0.0.1.tgz";
+        sha1 = "82dc336d232b9062179d05ab3293a66059fd435d";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "infer_owner___infer_owner_1.0.4.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
@@ -4217,6 +4345,14 @@
         sha1 = "aa8387104f2687edca01c8687ee45013d02d19bd";
       };
     }
+    {
+      name = "63f9119bc0bc304e83d4e8e22364caa7850e7671";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "63f9119bc0bc304e83d4e8e22364caa7850e7671";
+        url  = "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-web-i18n/tar.gz/63f9119bc0bc304e83d4e8e22364caa7850e7671";
+        sha1 = "17709c5ad5da065d2718fffe873b8d0a1a53a4cd";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "meant___meant_1.0.3.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
@@ -4425,6 +4561,14 @@
         sha1 = "d09d1f357b443f493382a8eb3ccd183872ae6009";
       };
     }
+    {
+      name = "ms___ms_2.1.3.tgz";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "ms___ms_2.1.3.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ms/-/ms-2.1.3.tgz";
+        sha1 = "574c8138ce1d2b5861f0b44579dbadd60c6615b2";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "mute_stream___mute_stream_0.0.8.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
@@ -5129,6 +5273,14 @@
         sha1 = "74bbf011124b90421c22d15779cee60060ba95bc";
       };
     }
+    {
+      name = "pluralizers___pluralizers_0.1.7.tgz";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "pluralizers___pluralizers_0.1.7.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pluralizers/-/pluralizers-0.1.7.tgz";
+        sha1 = "8d38dd0a1b660e739b10ab2eab10b684c9d50142";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "png_to_ico___png_to_ico_2.1.1.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
@@ -6001,6 +6153,14 @@
         sha1 = "f610afeee3b12bce1d0c30425e76398b78249a5f";
       };
     }
+    {
+      name = "sprintf_js___sprintf_js_1.1.2.tgz";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "sprintf_js___sprintf_js_1.1.2.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sprintf-js/-/sprintf-js-1.1.2.tgz";
+        sha1 = "da1765262bf8c0f571749f2ad6c26300207ae673";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "sprintf_js___sprintf_js_1.0.3.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
@@ -6018,11 +6178,11 @@
       };
     }
     {
-      name = "ssri___ssri_6.0.1.tgz";
+      name = "ssri___ssri_6.0.2.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
-        name = "ssri___ssri_6.0.1.tgz";
-        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ssri/-/ssri-6.0.1.tgz";
-        sha1 = "2a3c41b28dd45b62b63676ecb74001265ae9edd8";
+        name = "ssri___ssri_6.0.2.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ssri/-/ssri-6.0.2.tgz";
+        sha1 = "157939134f20464e7301ddba3e90ffa8f7728ac5";
       };
     }
     {
@@ -6801,6 +6961,14 @@
         sha1 = "1c233064202ee742afc9d56e21da3b2e15260acf";
       };
     }
+    {
+      name = "walk___walk_2.3.14.tgz";
+      path = fetchurl {
+        name = "walk___walk_2.3.14.tgz";
+        url  = "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/walk/-/walk-2.3.14.tgz";
+        sha1 = "60ec8631cfd23276ae1e7363ce11d626452e1ef3";
+      };
+    }
     {
       name = "wcwidth___wcwidth_1.0.1.tgz";
       path = fetchurl {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop.nix
index 2a7e01e5291c..ad319fcaede4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-desktop.nix
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 
 let
   executableName = "element-desktop";
-  version = "1.7.26";
+  version = "1.7.27";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "vector-im";
     repo = "element-desktop";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1iflsvzn36mywpzags55kjmyq71c3i7f1hgcdcp2ijmnrjk8fy3n";
+    sha256 = "0rgsc2cc1v6gjsklwvsjlqq9a8j9j80h9ac0jkvf9lhq33f3c57k";
   };
 in mkYarnPackage rec {
   name = "element-desktop-${version}";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-web.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-web.nix
index 9f077c833772..8fcb9bcd2b28 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-web.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/element/element-web.nix
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ let
 
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "element-web";
-  version = "1.7.26";
+  version = "1.7.27";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/releases/download/v${version}/element-v${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "17y6wq6w1yk7r1rfply549kpilfraizahf67p00ra7cws66iqkwg";
+    sha256 = "004b1cjw8fqk0ixm0wnbk4y51cby1i7avsas95sfm2zsbnbwg519";
   };
 
   installPhase = ''