diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 34ee3a829a..22370b1706 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
     "highlight.js": "^9.13.1",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "2.3.1",
+    "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 4d79603f0d..ad7be626ed 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7472,10 +7472,9 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     bluebird "^3.5.0"
     expect "^1.20.2"
 
-matrix-react-sdk@2.3.1:
+"matrix-react-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop":
   version "2.3.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-2.3.1.tgz#76ac6f98dfa89d4ceb7c63b31e10b9779bca12fe"
-  integrity sha512-TIiiEIUa891eTdRFCaj18sAFJULBDgbFOvV4upaED/aNXxnHOLV5JjNuYzsmQMEJ6Fmrz5iM0DbWXaADnuZwpQ==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/tar.gz/84da483264c0ee7844415c4d1e9eb9dac161a9d4"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
     blueimp-canvas-to-blob "^3.5.0"
@@ -7502,7 +7501,7 @@ matrix-react-sdk@2.3.1:
     is-ip "^2.0.0"
     linkifyjs "^2.1.6"
     lodash "^4.17.14"
-    matrix-js-sdk "5.2.0"
+    matrix-js-sdk "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop"
     minimist "^1.2.0"
     pako "^1.0.5"
     png-chunks-extract "^1.0.0"