diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 61bbdd762a..765b4ff8d0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
     "highlight.js": "^10.1.2",
     "jsrsasign": "^9.1.5",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "9.3.0-rc.1",
     "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
     "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.10",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.2.1.tgz",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6ba37f1e80..6df1cc5622 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1055,6 +1055,13 @@
   dependencies:
     regenerator-runtime "^0.13.4"
 
+"@babel/runtime@^7.12.5":
+  version "7.12.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/runtime/-/runtime-7.12.5.tgz#410e7e487441e1b360c29be715d870d9b985882e"
+  integrity sha512-plcc+hbExy3McchJCEQG3knOsuh3HH+Prx1P6cLIkET/0dLuQDEnrT+s27Axgc9bqfsmNUNHfscgMUdBpC9xfg==
+  dependencies:
+    regenerator-runtime "^0.13.4"
+
 "@babel/template@^7.10.1", "@babel/template@^7.4.0":
   version "7.10.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/template/-/template-7.10.1.tgz#e167154a94cb5f14b28dc58f5356d2162f539811"
@@ -7755,6 +7762,11 @@ loglevel@^1.7.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/loglevel/-/loglevel-1.7.0.tgz#728166855a740d59d38db01cf46f042caa041bb0"
   integrity sha512-i2sY04nal5jDcagM3FMfG++T69GEEM8CYuOfeOIvmXzOIcwE9a/CJPR0MFM97pYMj/u10lzz7/zd7+qwhrBTqQ==
 
+loglevel@^1.7.1:
+  version "1.7.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/loglevel/-/loglevel-1.7.1.tgz#005fde2f5e6e47068f935ff28573e125ef72f197"
+  integrity sha512-Hesni4s5UkWkwCGJMQGAh71PaLUmKFM60dHvq0zi/vDhhrzuk+4GgNbTXJ12YYQJn6ZKBDNIjYcuQGKudvqrIw==
+
 lolex@^5.0.0:
   version "5.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lolex/-/lolex-5.1.2.tgz#953694d098ce7c07bc5ed6d0e42bc6c0c6d5a367"
@@ -7893,6 +7905,21 @@ 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@9.3.0-rc.1:
+  version "9.3.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-9.3.0-rc.1.tgz#d6ad2d9a5e0c539c6aec9e587a6dd2b5aa8bf2f6"
+  integrity sha512-H20QLwsgzBIO0Lp75CYBlw4QTOHT98vCESNZrnjIsu8FlFqsXIhdTa5C8BIYsNLex5luufxdp2an5BQtJEuAUQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
+    another-json "^0.2.0"
+    browser-request "^0.3.3"
+    bs58 "^4.0.1"
+    content-type "^1.0.4"
+    loglevel "^1.7.1"
+    qs "^6.9.4"
+    request "^2.88.2"
+    unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
+
 "matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "9.2.0"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/6661bde6088e6e43f31198e8532432e162aef33c"