diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eb985aa4e..483892018 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
         "jsrsasign": "^10.5.25",
         "katex": "^0.16.0",
-        "matrix-js-sdk": "26.2.0",
+        "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
         "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 cf1bc3c6c..6e75da973 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1610,11 +1610,6 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-js-0.1.0.tgz#766580036d4df12120ded223e13b5640e77db136"
   integrity sha512-ra/bcFdleC1iRNms2I96UXA0NvQYWpMsHrV5EfJRS7qV1PtnQNvgsvMfjMbkx8QT2ErEmIhsvB5fPCpfp8BSuw==
 
-"@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js@^0.1.0-alpha.11":
-  version "0.1.0-alpha.11"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-js-0.1.0-alpha.11.tgz#24d705318c3159ef7dbe43bca464ac2bdd11e45d"
-  integrity sha512-HD3rskPkqrUUSaKzGLg97k/bN+OZrkcX7ODB/pNBs/jqq+/A0wDKqsszJotzFwsQcDPpWn78BmMyvBo4tLxKjw==
-
 "@matrix-org/matrix-wysiwyg@^2.3.0":
   version "2.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-wysiwyg/-/matrix-wysiwyg-2.3.0.tgz#7a815fb90600342cc74c03a3cc7c9908a1d15dd1"
@@ -8391,24 +8386,6 @@ 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@26.2.0:
-  version "26.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-26.2.0.tgz#0b7dfbb2d1ca1fb699f627d85c7ed10137947c33"
-  integrity sha512-Om6p8iC/2ojw0MQBmz/DYqbz3sFSJF2jE92sZcpLA/cki1SaXLpD2V5N9RcZgcHGmtm3w49822sIs8nWVyBAFQ==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
-    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js" "^0.1.0-alpha.11"
-    another-json "^0.2.0"
-    bs58 "^5.0.0"
-    content-type "^1.0.4"
-    loglevel "^1.7.1"
-    matrix-events-sdk "0.0.1"
-    matrix-widget-api "^1.3.1"
-    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 "26.2.0"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/5751df1288b340fe08358145e5d47d28ed69465a"