diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 897a6b33ce..a18be12ff6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
         "jsrsasign": "^10.5.25",
         "katex": "^0.16.0",
-        "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
+        "matrix-js-sdk": "28.0.0-rc.1",
         "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
         "matrix-widget-api": "^1.3.1",
         "react": "17.0.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ee90db70ca..3712361638 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1615,7 +1615,7 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/analytics-events/-/analytics-events-0.6.0.tgz#6552882f94d026f13da25d49e2a208287521c275"
   integrity sha512-bTvNpp8LkC/2sItHABd1vGHdB8iclAcdlIYrL0Cn6qT+aohpdjb1wZ0dhUcx3NK5Q98IduI43RVH33V4Li/X0A==
 
-"@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm@^1.2.0":
+"@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm@^1.2.0", "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm@^1.2.1":
   version "1.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm-1.2.1.tgz#5b546c8a0e53b614f10b77b3b649818aed9d0db1"
   integrity sha512-DCb7Q83PCQK0uav5vB3KNV/hJPlxAhT/ddar+VHz2kC39hMLKGzWYVhprpLYVcavaE/6OX+Q/xFkAoV/3QtUHQ==
@@ -8590,6 +8590,26 @@ matrix-events-sdk@0.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-events-sdk/-/matrix-events-sdk-0.0.1.tgz#c8c38911e2cb29023b0bbac8d6f32e0de2c957dd"
   integrity sha512-1QEOsXO+bhyCroIe2/A5OwaxHvBm7EsSQ46DEDn8RBIfQwN5HWBpFvyWWR4QY0KHPPnnJdI99wgRiAl7Ad5qaA==
 
+matrix-js-sdk@28.0.0-rc.1:
+  version "28.0.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-28.0.0-rc.1.tgz#ee6e12bd889caea942a1456fff6feb7997b5a9cd"
+  integrity sha512-x/Vz8ZF3MXg6OWhplsr6BVySfKahUhJg9osCbslHI/u/wvp9Q1eROybTjF7iiO3KE8guyl/xvOeAe2nbIPkDFw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
+    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm" "^1.2.1"
+    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 "^1.5.0"
+    oidc-client-ts "^2.2.4"
+    p-retry "4"
+    sdp-transform "^2.14.1"
+    unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
+    uuid "9"
+
 "matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "27.2.0"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/97cf73bc52814c2a479161caffffb85fe6ce63c8"