diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 13047b69cf..108a61cdaf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     "katex": "^0.12.0",
     "linkifyjs": "^2.1.9",
     "lodash": "^4.17.20",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "11.2.0-rc.1",
     "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.14",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
     "opus-recorder": "^8.0.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0ff235a660..1b07d4502b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5673,9 +5673,10 @@ mathml-tag-names@^2.1.3:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mathml-tag-names/-/mathml-tag-names-2.1.3.tgz#4ddadd67308e780cf16a47685878ee27b736a0a3"
   integrity sha512-APMBEanjybaPzUrfqU0IMU5I0AswKMH7k8OTLs0vvV4KZpExkTkY87nR/zpbuTPj+gARop7aGUbl11pnDfW6xg==
 
-"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
-  version "11.1.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/acb9bc8cc5234326a7583514a8e120a4ac42eedc"
+matrix-js-sdk@11.2.0-rc.1:
+  version "11.2.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-11.2.0-rc.1.tgz#339259d892ce08195864c1130780dd0b3d996af3"
+  integrity sha512-ACFONqdRqiPIj7aWf7G4f/2d0S/hfouIH6tdkFGDbizbWJCmqXRJ8EN2gmu0F3A6GGDo0+k9cqaeMf3Y1KIM8w==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
     another-json "^0.2.0"