diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 48718b9d64..d03a0e6bef 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         "jsrsasign": "^10.5.25",
         "katex": "^0.16.0",
         "lodash": "^4.17.21",
-        "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
+        "matrix-js-sdk": "29.1.0-rc.1",
         "matrix-react-sdk": "3.83.0-rc.1",
         "matrix-widget-api": "^1.3.1",
         "react": "17.0.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 37d2d3197a..835635d243 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1685,11 +1685,6 @@
     emojibase "^15.0.0"
     emojibase-data "^15.0.0"
 
-"@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm@^1.2.3-alpha.0":
-  version "1.2.3-alpha.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm-1.2.3-alpha.0.tgz#f6f93e3ee44c5f1e0e255badd26f4a7d3fb1dab8"
-  integrity sha512-BFLqfq/WbYZ+83r4UWLhwtBYvTp5DKTHNeWUSDBVvudFtqBvkntNAAUz+xmhmO1XkyNm+sBaElxF8IS9S8zdww==
-
 "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm@^2.0.0":
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm-2.0.0.tgz#a4e9682705f090c94a58f6b851054f7598de9e83"
@@ -8945,25 +8940,6 @@ matrix-js-sdk@29.1.0-rc.1:
     unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
     uuid "9"
 
-"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
-  version "29.0.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/3cf6f568f3d489e38ca14b5a8927ff27996d96bb"
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
-    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm" "^1.2.3-alpha.0"
-    another-json "^0.2.0"
-    bs58 "^5.0.0"
-    content-type "^1.0.4"
-    jwt-decode "^3.1.2"
-    loglevel "^1.7.1"
-    matrix-events-sdk "0.0.1"
-    matrix-widget-api "^1.6.0"
-    oidc-client-ts "^2.2.4"
-    p-retry "4"
-    sdp-transform "^2.14.1"
-    unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
-    uuid "9"
-
 matrix-mock-request@^2.5.0:
   version "2.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-mock-request/-/matrix-mock-request-2.6.0.tgz#0855c10b250668ce542b697251087be2bcc23f92"