diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2a7bafbe5d..c02296b321 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
     "highlight.js": "^9.13.1",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "2.7.1",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.1.4.tgz",
     "postcss-easings": "^2.0.0",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 233bdd2716..d706a73eca 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6961,21 +6961,6 @@ 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@6.2.1:
-  version "6.2.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-6.2.1.tgz#d5f76491a650c0a36fcdd078cff59f2da96edd7b"
-  integrity sha512-X12Y2SMg8MOJwE5P3VMsMV/mnQHOmyJkF+FZRida124w4B4tBJouaNxteYyYaH34w+wyaKGxuqEBXecfSpfvbw==
-  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-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "6.2.1"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/ebe66bdd6e0f6edbc60be1612c5a1fc0c9ea092c"
@@ -6998,10 +6983,9 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     bluebird "^3.5.0"
     expect "^1.20.2"
 
-matrix-react-sdk@2.7.1:
+"matrix-react-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop":
   version "2.7.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-2.7.1.tgz#bfde7e0d074769b209fa769d8dac6ad255c8b409"
-  integrity sha512-xf15VfHv/zoW1FnTdc7Dn0PITc8UuCqGlwCI2sMihp6kXrvsiUxaNkWTXzLbcwwX5Oahc3NQ7dkLaGB2AoXjIA==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/tar.gz/d54308a8c6385a6374187d041b1259755a7dac2a"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
     await-lock "^2.0.1"
@@ -7029,7 +7013,7 @@ matrix-react-sdk@2.7.1:
     is-ip "^2.0.0"
     linkifyjs "^2.1.6"
     lodash "^4.17.14"
-    matrix-js-sdk "6.2.1"
+    matrix-js-sdk "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop"
     minimist "^1.2.0"
     pako "^1.0.5"
     parse5 "^5.1.1"