diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d93e20a8d8..abba2bb753 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     "maplibre-gl": "^1.15.2",
     "matrix-analytics-events": "github:matrix-org/matrix-analytics-events.git#daad3faed54f0b1f1e026a7498b4653e4d01cd90",
     "matrix-events-sdk": "^0.0.1-beta.7",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "16.0.1",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
     "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.18",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
     "opus-recorder": "^8.0.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f1af175aa7..02515a76fb 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6285,10 +6285,9 @@ matrix-events-sdk@^0.0.1-beta.7:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-events-sdk/-/matrix-events-sdk-0.0.1-beta.7.tgz#5ffe45eba1f67cc8d7c2377736c728b322524934"
   integrity sha512-9jl4wtWanUFSy2sr2lCjErN/oC8KTAtaeaozJtrgot1JiQcEI4Rda9OLgQ7nLKaqb4Z/QUx/fR3XpDzm5Jy1JA==
 
-matrix-js-sdk@16.0.1:
+"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "16.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-16.0.1.tgz#9b389ef16677ba648efad2929a7802af6f1dc81f"
-  integrity sha512-GRYZY7JZRqsVFa2nKO2qJbU4gQail2+1PgX2QDcibWizTL5Gh8YS384twprpIKqzdLHJ3d7H7A0L+uqc562ZsQ==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/bdc3da1fac3cb454b409325b6a50cd869b3d5d57"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
     another-json "^0.2.0"