diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 98b99a2b21..eb1a9ce566 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         "jsrsasign": "^10.5.25",
         "katex": "^0.16.0",
         "lodash": "^4.17.21",
-        "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
+        "matrix-js-sdk": "29.0.0-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 9695443c7a..daf8d50011 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8914,6 +8914,26 @@ 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@29.0.0-rc.1:
+  version "29.0.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-29.0.0-rc.1.tgz#5de05ac4a429db44b2d6b30544ea0fabde9e5bb6"
+  integrity sha512-Rie+4n19JOMRqL7LBJJPzqPlNZjCAdxt3as//P8ek1UWDo8B4yIHdrdv4Jlsa8s9CfJZh7f3s02XqBnl36huag==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
+    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm" "^1.2.3-alpha.0"
+    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 "^1.6.0"
+    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 "28.2.0"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/74193ad057346aa2b3f04ab1094a6ccc9e567f60"