diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 93cbcd1c67..5b28053256 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -67,15 +67,15 @@
     "flux": "2.1.1",
     "focus-trap-react": "^3.0.5",
     "fuse.js": "^2.2.0",
-    "gemini-scrollbar": "matrix-org/gemini-scrollbar#b302279",
+    "gemini-scrollbar": "github:matrix-org/gemini-scrollbar#b302279",
     "gfm.css": "^1.1.1",
     "glob": "^5.0.14",
-    "highlight.js": "^9.0.0",
+    "highlight.js": "^9.13.0",
     "isomorphic-fetch": "^2.2.1",
     "linkifyjs": "^2.1.6",
     "lodash": "^4.13.1",
     "lolex": "2.3.2",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "0.12.0",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
     "optimist": "^0.6.1",
     "pako": "^1.0.5",
     "prop-types": "^15.5.8",
@@ -85,16 +85,16 @@
     "react-addons-css-transition-group": "15.3.2",
     "react-beautiful-dnd": "^4.0.1",
     "react-dom": "^15.6.0",
-    "react-gemini-scrollbar": "matrix-org/react-gemini-scrollbar#5e97aef",
+    "react-gemini-scrollbar": "github:matrix-org/react-gemini-scrollbar#5e97aef",
     "resize-observer-polyfill": "^1.5.0",
     "sanitize-html": "^1.18.4",
     "slate": "^0.41.2",
     "slate-html-serializer": "^0.6.1",
-    "slate-md-serializer": "matrix-org/slate-md-serializer#f7c4ad3",
+    "slate-md-serializer": "github:matrix-org/slate-md-serializer#f7c4ad3",
     "slate-react": "^0.18.10",
     "text-encoding-utf-8": "^1.0.1",
     "url": "^0.11.0",
-    "velocity-vector": "vector-im/velocity#059e3b2",
+    "velocity-vector": "github:vector-im/velocity#059e3b2",
     "whatwg-fetch": "^1.1.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {