diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 49bc02b17..16c014100 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     "highlight.js": "^9.13.1",
     "jsrsasign": "^9.1.5",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "3.7.1",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
     "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.5",
     "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 92e61e652..1a29b8b67 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7898,21 +7898,6 @@ 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@9.0.1:
-  version "9.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-9.0.1.tgz#bb84a80db0dec1c21b6867c38bb2aa3f63811d6d"
-  integrity sha512-D2b/pf1/0FTnJoroZhhFCo9WFv+iXELqDgEozo0mBSTbQolIXjHLDQfmhi3p7nDZxxtjWvJjVaiKiVQPjwHCrg==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/runtime" "^7.11.2"
-    another-json "^0.2.0"
-    browser-request "^0.3.3"
-    bs58 "^4.0.1"
-    content-type "^1.0.4"
-    loglevel "^1.7.0"
-    qs "^6.9.4"
-    request "^2.88.2"
-    unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
-
 "matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "9.0.1"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/f8863d5c2488a31a093f5a1b11761d7ac3829470"
@@ -7935,10 +7920,9 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     bluebird "^3.5.0"
     expect "^1.20.2"
 
-matrix-react-sdk@3.7.1:
+"matrix-react-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop":
   version "3.7.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-3.7.1.tgz#0a2d9c2c7d224297277532bcf78f60984f6bc49e"
-  integrity sha512-JwCURRs0WBuqVQ5/0fYg19SEb2Dg8y1F93GiiCssAoMW/bbTiMA6B/moLeZDO2mQPlhqwRtAH1aeLvdKrA/q6w==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/tar.gz/a708dbf6e9ed26108ef86ee07ff36f9ca56c0ccd"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.10.5"
     await-lock "^2.0.1"
@@ -7965,7 +7949,7 @@ matrix-react-sdk@3.7.1:
     is-ip "^2.0.0"
     linkifyjs "^2.1.9"
     lodash "^4.17.19"
-    matrix-js-sdk "9.0.1"
+    matrix-js-sdk "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop"
     matrix-widget-api "^0.1.0-beta.5"
     minimist "^1.2.5"
     pako "^1.0.11"