diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 86c0efa9..755d6e32 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     "browser-request": "^0.3.3",
     "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
     "highlight.js": "^9.13.1",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "6.2.0-rc.1",
     "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.1.4.tgz",
     "postcss-easings": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 303e7049..a62c3c49 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6948,6 +6948,21 @@ mathml-tag-names@^2.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mathml-tag-names/-/mathml-tag-names-2.1.3.tgz#4ddadd67308e780cf16a47685878ee27b736a0a3"
   integrity sha512-APMBEanjybaPzUrfqU0IMU5I0AswKMH7k8OTLs0vvV4KZpExkTkY87nR/zpbuTPj+gARop7aGUbl11pnDfW6xg==
 
+matrix-js-sdk@6.2.0-rc.1:
+  version "6.2.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-6.2.0-rc.1.tgz#467cc1dc9f59a95573da8bc5f9eeef76e5fdd792"
+  integrity sha512-bAg8muF2xP6kXLpbDSSWRTvkxV7QoF8H14RmMxAu4IWuQg/WB7BFcG7JZyGwyOD7gmPVPMIw8mHXGkUuh1mKtA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
+    another-json "^0.2.0"
+    browser-request "^0.3.3"
+    bs58 "^4.0.1"
+    content-type "^1.0.2"
+    loglevel "^1.6.4"
+    qs "^6.5.2"
+    request "^2.88.0"
+    unhomoglyph "^1.0.2"
+
 "matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "6.1.0"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/3305f2cc72f1a299b2a82366ff4729ad8d6b0edc"