diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 67a4cf07d7..70b5f3bfc5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     "browser-request": "^0.3.3",
     "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
     "highlight.js": "^9.13.1",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "8.1.0",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
     "matrix-react-sdk": "3.2.0",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.1.4.tgz",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e14b64c9b1..51fba154be 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7327,6 +7327,20 @@ matrix-js-sdk@8.1.0:
     request "^2.88.0"
     unhomoglyph "^1.0.2"
 
+"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
+  version "8.1.0"
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/64cdd73b93a475d10284977b69ef73138315b3be"
+  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-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"