diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1ab17522a..b5a56e416 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     "jsrsasign": "^9.1.5",
     "katex": "^0.12.0",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "3.12.1",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
     "matrix-widget-api": "0.1.0-beta.11",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.2.1.tgz",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 92298e504..849d30996 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7904,21 +7904,6 @@ 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@9.5.1:
-  version "9.5.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-9.5.1.tgz#f2e27b7131a8d1a75fd2a803434e63fe672415ef"
-  integrity sha512-01YbRuU50BDYytTZ5fdmdoQLqOGDT2F7X6vDBrYHpdaRN2jWuLCspQlOKFJKgv73gNhw9V9jfoZN+NxuwuUpUQ==
-  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"
-    qs "^6.9.4"
-    request "^2.88.2"
-    unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
-
 "matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "9.5.1"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/7cfbd0da95edc66671e166aa83145b5e17ca76fc"
@@ -7941,10 +7926,9 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     bluebird "^3.5.0"
     expect "^1.20.2"
 
-matrix-react-sdk@3.12.1:
+"matrix-react-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop":
   version "3.12.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-3.12.1.tgz#4f527404220427328d96462bc8a0cf065b9b31bf"
-  integrity sha512-RM//2mm5Bh4k7XQuYjbe8u/hSgXnxGgpq4/YcKmH2hKqdg46IVyVcoPrCswtdWqt0hpO3taoORrMwpGy3QhHBQ==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/tar.gz/4dbdeb46ad39d3a68b2d21e9f10b13ac360b310d"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.10.5"
     await-lock "^2.0.1"
@@ -7973,8 +7957,8 @@ matrix-react-sdk@3.12.1:
     katex "^0.12.0"
     linkifyjs "^2.1.9"
     lodash "^4.17.19"
-    matrix-js-sdk "9.5.1"
-    matrix-widget-api "^0.1.0-beta.10"
+    matrix-js-sdk "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop"
+    matrix-widget-api "0.1.0-beta.11"
     minimist "^1.2.5"
     pako "^1.0.11"
     parse5 "^5.1.1"