diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index edef70ec62..a383b7f335 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": "27.0.0-rc.1",
+        "matrix-js-sdk": "27.0.0-rc.2",
         "matrix-react-sdk": "3.76.0-rc.1",
         "matrix-widget-api": "^1.3.1",
         "react": "17.0.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0d2a0fbbdb..19dc95c02d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8430,6 +8430,26 @@ matrix-js-sdk@27.0.0-rc.1:
     unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
     uuid "9"
 
+matrix-js-sdk@27.0.0-rc.2:
+  version "27.0.0-rc.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-27.0.0-rc.2.tgz#7b77e118dd419776a42d061ba03fa72616a92d26"
+  integrity sha512-KC9Dd2LsGO3i7cW+c6RDJt90q/41kry2jTg4ZOukHfnmZ0cTO9JfmwxRtL/UgrVLdCeVDf2j/h4kckjWuKYsNA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
+    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js" "^0.1.1"
+    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 "^1.3.1"
+    oidc-client-ts "^2.2.4"
+    p-retry "4"
+    sdp-transform "^2.14.1"
+    unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
+    uuid "9"
+
 matrix-mock-request@^2.5.0:
   version "2.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-mock-request/-/matrix-mock-request-2.6.0.tgz#0855c10b250668ce542b697251087be2bcc23f92"