diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e3c742c4..69cd3c28 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
     "highlight.js": "^9.13.1",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "2.3.0",
+    "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",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a615b034..9c5de662 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7450,21 +7450,6 @@ 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@5.2.0:
-  version "5.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-5.2.0.tgz#f213fd7671538a57c6d7e0665a2178ab23b950da"
-  integrity sha512-IscXYNx+k7wq5fuwsvKlXSI6Z1/nQ7TBI8AkStHJOAR8rz1DRoxICLFJtWzpOUSrgQuSaUYpOm4+6hS6IVlmtA==
-  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 "5.2.0"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/223d37ffce674a23ca73702f04b9ba31cfd84196"
@@ -7487,10 +7472,9 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     bluebird "^3.5.0"
     expect "^1.20.2"
 
-matrix-react-sdk@2.3.0:
+"matrix-react-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop":
   version "2.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-2.3.0.tgz#67c50130e2c62dcd48bae684b1d68eae4ff229f4"
-  integrity sha512-K1+y2Q3XcjRu7jN72JKO2bG8yD0MK8i1tYI8/oafvFJP1HlpphUzF58tQ/EAiXs1a4UnsxBV27xvrHOxqzflLQ==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/tar.gz/78fd8e4569096043b22210821d20e085802bbcff"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
     blueimp-canvas-to-blob "^3.5.0"
@@ -7517,7 +7501,7 @@ matrix-react-sdk@2.3.0:
     is-ip "^2.0.0"
     linkifyjs "^2.1.6"
     lodash "^4.17.14"
-    matrix-js-sdk "5.2.0"
+    matrix-js-sdk "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop"
     minimist "^1.2.0"
     pako "^1.0.5"
     png-chunks-extract "^1.0.0"