diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cdf9e813f4..473e9a5f08 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
     "highlight.js": "^9.13.1",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "2.2.1",
+    "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 4b899a3134..687980e4d3 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7519,10 +7519,9 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     bluebird "^3.5.0"
     expect "^1.20.2"
 
-matrix-react-sdk@2.2.1:
+"matrix-react-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop":
   version "2.2.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-2.2.1.tgz#1f443d35bdcc46c7ef3dc3066adda59f7f43b348"
-  integrity sha512-zIgf/i9z2x+KHf0caQtFVc3JEFiIFd9MH36XnqXaPYyRSuS0zWRLY/tFTR51pMblMIb3DskTYlf9q7JLDAP/+A==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/tar.gz/845656064e802054b3857c2a240aaaf88f94f740"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
     blueimp-canvas-to-blob "^3.5.0"
@@ -7550,7 +7549,7 @@ matrix-react-sdk@2.2.1:
     is-ip "^2.0.0"
     linkifyjs "^2.1.6"
     lodash "^4.17.14"
-    matrix-js-sdk "5.1.0"
+    matrix-js-sdk "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop"
     minimist "^1.2.0"
     pako "^1.0.5"
     png-chunks-extract "^1.0.0"