diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 973483f5..1d5fbfa5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
     "highlight.js": "^9.13.1",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "2.4.3-rc.1",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "1.7.1-rc.1",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "1.7.1-rc.2",
     "modernizr": "^3.6.0",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.1.4.tgz",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c4b2745c..90ef6c6e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5974,10 +5974,10 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     bluebird "^3.5.0"
     expect "^1.20.2"
 
-matrix-react-sdk@1.7.1-rc.1:
-  version "1.7.1-rc.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-1.7.1-rc.1.tgz#f38c894882554b5dd657a2a9bdcd3bae36aeb1bf"
-  integrity sha512-5Puz0b16eBun/1/IpV8x6xHm1qlJPHQvDbsr6LwwLSOXlqbTM2xG01h9opM06/HI9G2jVKnab9/K9KyXx2PiiQ==
+matrix-react-sdk@1.7.1-rc.2:
+  version "1.7.1-rc.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-1.7.1-rc.2.tgz#d627390d7f88df23d1ffe89979699dab3cd7aed7"
+  integrity sha512-q3o2U/aZlgm8+sAax0yLBmdfyXehGR5dMZdSxEUmLFIA0BREXwLoasp01uTJBCN5E0XANl2vmGjxNlqyLJV8zg==
   dependencies:
     babel-plugin-syntax-dynamic-import "^6.18.0"
     babel-runtime "^6.26.0"