diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 11d528ae9e..07fb2a222e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     "highlight.js": "^9.13.1",
     "jsrsasign": "^9.1.5",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "9.2.0-rc.1",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "3.9.0-rc.1",
     "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.8",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.2.1.tgz",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4ff334517a..22b61f0e5d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7913,20 +7913,6 @@ matrix-js-sdk@9.2.0-rc.1:
     request "^2.88.2"
     unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
 
-"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
-  version "9.1.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/5ac00e346593f29f324b3af8e322928a6e1c427a"
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/runtime" "^7.11.2"
-    another-json "^0.2.0"
-    browser-request "^0.3.3"
-    bs58 "^4.0.1"
-    content-type "^1.0.4"
-    loglevel "^1.7.0"
-    qs "^6.9.4"
-    request "^2.88.2"
-    unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
-
 matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
   version "1.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-mock-request/-/matrix-mock-request-1.2.3.tgz#56b15d86e2601a9b48a854844396d18caab649c8"
@@ -7935,9 +7921,10 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     bluebird "^3.5.0"
     expect "^1.20.2"
 
-"matrix-react-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop":
-  version "3.8.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/tar.gz/962b964c07a904dd974e4e8d94a49050b97cbe1f"
+matrix-react-sdk@3.9.0-rc.1:
+  version "3.9.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-3.9.0-rc.1.tgz#08c0df3885f4069e3e1325688de9f245234ff57a"
+  integrity sha512-YRugb0usacVy0i11nbg3UmkxX7I8CBnr+419PxK/nO0pca9qSgJPqELljyWnaZkvOSTOABSkrbdwr0z9tr+BSA==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.10.5"
     await-lock "^2.0.1"
@@ -7964,7 +7951,7 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     is-ip "^2.0.0"
     linkifyjs "^2.1.9"
     lodash "^4.17.19"
-    matrix-js-sdk "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop"
+    matrix-js-sdk "9.2.0-rc.1"
     matrix-widget-api "^0.1.0-beta.8"
     minimist "^1.2.5"
     pako "^1.0.11"