diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6696a54dba..a9d351d294 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     "jsrsasign": "^10.5.25",
     "katex": "^0.12.0",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "3.49.0",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
     "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.18",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
     "react": "17.0.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 3079532b5c..291658feb9 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@mapbox/whoots-js/-/whoots-js-3.1.0.tgz#497c67a1cef50d1a2459ba60f315e448d2ad87fe"
   integrity sha512-Es6WcD0nO5l+2BOQS4uLfNPYQaNDfbot3X1XUoloz+x0mPDS3eeORZJl06HXjwBG1fOGwCRnzK88LMdxKRrd6Q==
 
-"@matrix-org/analytics-events@^0.1.1":
+"@matrix-org/analytics-events@^0.1.2":
   version "0.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/analytics-events/-/analytics-events-0.1.2.tgz#820b1a78d1471f21da96274d92eb161b41f9e880"
   integrity sha512-TumnmENiuTtSmfcVwzovLDq4pRgRlUmuq1bxOtli9XWMgscs3Z6URu5PJcvuFj87L7bKJrGCNS3zR+DMUxc7kg==
@@ -2941,13 +2941,6 @@ balanced-match@^2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/balanced-match/-/balanced-match-2.0.0.tgz#dc70f920d78db8b858535795867bf48f820633d9"
   integrity sha512-1ugUSr8BHXRnK23KfuYS+gVMC3LB8QGH9W1iGtDPsNWoQbgtXSExkBu2aDR4epiGWZOjZsj6lDl/N/AqqTC3UA==
 
-base-x@^3.0.2:
-  version "3.0.9"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/base-x/-/base-x-3.0.9.tgz#6349aaabb58526332de9f60995e548a53fe21320"
-  integrity sha512-H7JU6iBHTal1gp56aKoaa//YUxEaAOUiydvrV/pILqIHXTtqxSkATOnDA2u+jZ/61sD+L/412+7kzXRtWukhpQ==
-  dependencies:
-    safe-buffer "^5.0.1"
-
 base-x@^4.0.0:
   version "4.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/base-x/-/base-x-4.0.0.tgz#d0e3b7753450c73f8ad2389b5c018a4af7b2224a"
@@ -3196,13 +3189,6 @@ browserslist@^4.0.0, browserslist@^4.12.0, browserslist@^4.20.2, browserslist@^4
     node-releases "^2.0.5"
     update-browserslist-db "^1.0.4"
 
-bs58@^4.0.1:
-  version "4.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bs58/-/bs58-4.0.1.tgz#be161e76c354f6f788ae4071f63f34e8c4f0a42a"
-  integrity sha512-Ok3Wdf5vOIlBrgCvTq96gBkJw+JUEzdBgyaza5HLtPm7yTHkjRy8+JzNyHF7BHa0bNWOQIp3m5YF0nnFcOIKLw==
-  dependencies:
-    base-x "^3.0.2"
-
 bs58@^5.0.0:
   version "5.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bs58/-/bs58-5.0.0.tgz#865575b4d13c09ea2a84622df6c8cbeb54ffc279"
@@ -8262,23 +8248,6 @@ matrix-events-sdk@^0.0.1-beta.7:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-events-sdk/-/matrix-events-sdk-0.0.1-beta.7.tgz#5ffe45eba1f67cc8d7c2377736c728b322524934"
   integrity sha512-9jl4wtWanUFSy2sr2lCjErN/oC8KTAtaeaozJtrgot1JiQcEI4Rda9OLgQ7nLKaqb4Z/QUx/fR3XpDzm5Jy1JA==
 
-matrix-js-sdk@19.1.0:
-  version "19.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-19.1.0.tgz#acf1f8c966c2a3ea7f3eefef148959292b50275b"
-  integrity sha512-dV3sO8x4ZsHVsVfOK6PNkT80LphMBilK3qX0+3FM8VHUigzzy3fupR6xbWftcQ+E7hyQTl64+VB5nExLUfqt9A==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
-    another-json "^0.2.0"
-    browser-request "^0.3.3"
-    bs58 "^4.0.1"
-    content-type "^1.0.4"
-    loglevel "^1.7.1"
-    matrix-events-sdk "^0.0.1-beta.7"
-    p-retry "^4.5.0"
-    qs "^6.9.6"
-    request "^2.88.2"
-    unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
-
 "matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "19.1.0"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/d5a15ac2757de0eb0c74d421a8e51c3ef383cb37"
@@ -8302,13 +8271,12 @@ matrix-mock-request@^2.0.0:
   dependencies:
     expect "^28.1.0"
 
-matrix-react-sdk@3.49.0:
+"matrix-react-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop":
   version "3.49.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-3.49.0.tgz#cc96fc792d061f9beb209235f10c4a54155740bf"
-  integrity sha512-uWMr8QOTzDMu0XtTqQ7KRmuktD35A0G8yS2sBF7lYlGqimg2z8NuixwOZPCU4UiMaGZkTVmggpPAmRkQ+f6j6A==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/tar.gz/d2b942de42301a15443b577026007fb624780d6f"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
-    "@matrix-org/analytics-events" "^0.1.1"
+    "@matrix-org/analytics-events" "^0.1.2"
     "@matrix-org/react-sdk-module-api" "^0.0.3"
     "@sentry/browser" "^6.11.0"
     "@sentry/tracing" "^6.11.0"
@@ -8345,7 +8313,7 @@ matrix-react-sdk@3.49.0:
     maplibre-gl "^1.15.2"
     matrix-encrypt-attachment "^1.0.3"
     matrix-events-sdk "^0.0.1-beta.7"
-    matrix-js-sdk "19.1.0"
+    matrix-js-sdk "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop"
     matrix-widget-api "^0.1.0-beta.18"
     minimist "^1.2.5"
     opus-recorder "^8.0.3"
@@ -9236,7 +9204,7 @@ p-map@^3.0.0:
   dependencies:
     aggregate-error "^3.0.0"
 
-p-retry@4, p-retry@^4.5.0:
+p-retry@4:
   version "4.6.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-retry/-/p-retry-4.6.2.tgz#9baae7184057edd4e17231cee04264106e092a16"
   integrity sha512-312Id396EbJdvRONlngUx0NydfrIQ5lsYu0znKVUzVvArzEIt08V1qhtyESbGVd1FGX7UKtiFp5uwKZdM8wIuQ==