diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8f9e5f8c2b..c3293a5304 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": "2.5.0",
+    "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 a070f086f5..e130a9300d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7597,21 +7597,6 @@ mathml-tag-names@^2.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mathml-tag-names/-/mathml-tag-names-2.1.3.tgz#4ddadd67308e780cf16a47685878ee27b736a0a3"
   integrity sha512-APMBEanjybaPzUrfqU0IMU5I0AswKMH7k8OTLs0vvV4KZpExkTkY87nR/zpbuTPj+gARop7aGUbl11pnDfW6xg==
 
-matrix-js-sdk@6.0.0:
-  version "6.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-6.0.0.tgz#2374a583878073871a0202dc237691ef15540575"
-  integrity sha512-NBHb5JIKetCVhOdfETyhUL9lYs2M+v8W/uczTzW6IX9XFOtNaha8X82waXlRt6RJpZRm5aJveODkybvo9VOLtg==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
-    another-json "^0.2.0"
-    browser-request "^0.3.3"
-    bs58 "^4.0.1"
-    content-type "^1.0.2"
-    loglevel "^1.6.4"
-    qs "^6.5.2"
-    request "^2.88.0"
-    unhomoglyph "^1.0.2"
-
 "matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "6.0.0"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/f120533fadb309ac5dc8b2bcb6882e784ba93f18"
@@ -7634,10 +7619,9 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     bluebird "^3.5.0"
     expect "^1.20.2"
 
-matrix-react-sdk@2.5.0:
+"matrix-react-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop":
   version "2.5.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-2.5.0.tgz#1e8f052bf78aac8b524686ce677657877402e797"
-  integrity sha512-xXFC2jAwm57Z3ExqvAoxxIu9fK+snrAoZ/Rf8SSF/NM+MS9knhD2l34TxiHYNNIkktc9/voJChoMQ4nly7Alng==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/tar.gz/aa0c6f1f71a6122579c74f3cba3a7925f35131ac"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
     blueimp-canvas-to-blob "^3.5.0"
@@ -7664,9 +7648,10 @@ matrix-react-sdk@2.5.0:
     is-ip "^2.0.0"
     linkifyjs "^2.1.6"
     lodash "^4.17.14"
-    matrix-js-sdk "6.0.0"
+    matrix-js-sdk "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop"
     minimist "^1.2.0"
     pako "^1.0.5"
+    parse5 "^5.1.1"
     png-chunks-extract "^1.0.0"
     project-name-generator "^2.1.7"
     prop-types "^15.5.8"
@@ -8746,6 +8731,11 @@ parse5@5.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/parse5/-/parse5-5.1.0.tgz#c59341c9723f414c452975564c7c00a68d58acd2"
   integrity sha512-fxNG2sQjHvlVAYmzBZS9YlDp6PTSSDwa98vkD4QgVDDCAo84z5X1t5XyJQ62ImdLXx5NdIIfihey6xpum9/gRQ==
 
+parse5@^5.1.1:
+  version "5.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/parse5/-/parse5-5.1.1.tgz#f68e4e5ba1852ac2cadc00f4555fff6c2abb6178"
+  integrity sha512-ugq4DFI0Ptb+WWjAdOK16+u/nHfiIrcE+sh8kZMaM0WllQKLI9rOUq6c2b7cwPkXdzfQESqvoqK6ug7U/Yyzug==
+
 parseurl@~1.3.2, parseurl@~1.3.3:
   version "1.3.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/parseurl/-/parseurl-1.3.3.tgz#9da19e7bee8d12dff0513ed5b76957793bc2e8d4"