diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 732a4e307e..93f438410e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     "katex": "^0.12.0",
     "linkifyjs": "^2.1.9",
     "lodash": "^4.17.20",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "9.8.0",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
     "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.13",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
     "pako": "^2.0.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 17b43fb87a..82a4878f39 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5572,10 +5572,9 @@ 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@9.8.0:
+"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "9.8.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-9.8.0.tgz#d71d8c777d2fea3dbc9a050060e4f1a74217dca6"
-  integrity sha512-QKRsnmId53upz4oMhQzm119lT0EcST2SZhnKRRFyykxZI0x7qSulnTTUwztpS/g9yZuZqy7PTVUTHOE2caX5IQ==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/fb73ab687826e4d05fb8b424ab013a771213f84f"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
     another-json "^0.2.0"