diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c5c3f2a0..d1b3d3ef 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": "7.1.0",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
     "matrix-react-sdk": "2.10.1",
     "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 0a151536..77e0cfe0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6978,7 +6978,7 @@ 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@7.1.0:
+matrix-js-sdk@7.1.0, "matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "7.1.0"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/2a688bdac828dc62916437d83c72cef1e525d5f9"
   dependencies: