diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3e3d9383c4..0498ee948e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     "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": "13.0.0-rc.1",
     "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.16",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
     "opus-recorder": "^8.0.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 546e762224..f5931c8c6e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5806,9 +5806,10 @@ 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 "12.5.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/f84905b00398072b592addfb1dae64c8f3a07fa2"
+matrix-js-sdk@13.0.0-rc.1:
+  version "13.0.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-13.0.0-rc.1.tgz#12deab353862852acae8342108d30ce080d364da"
+  integrity sha512-dfqJwXmG1+Ky2geaNADWYb7mwB2IfLFTE+T4q16gCoh2HM0W5yTMvi+kiJs0QspWFXICTps7eBSSq0827QNU8A==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
     another-json "^0.2.0"