diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 61e12eceda..1b97d84abb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     "linkifyjs": "^2.1.6",
     "lodash": "^4.17.14",
     "lolex": "4.2",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "2.4.7",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "3.0.0-rc.1",
     "optimist": "^0.6.1",
     "pako": "^1.0.5",
     "png-chunks-extract": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1646ac5a59..982760c49a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5271,10 +5271,10 @@ mathml-tag-names@^2.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mathml-tag-names/-/mathml-tag-names-2.1.1.tgz#6dff66c99d55ecf739ca53c492e626f1d12a33cc"
   integrity sha512-pWB896KPGSGkp1XtyzRBftpTzwSOL0Gfk0wLvxt4f2mgzjY19o0LxJ3U25vNWTzsh7da+KTbuXQoQ3lOJZ8WHw==
 
-matrix-js-sdk@2.4.7:
-  version "2.4.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-2.4.7.tgz#998949120cb6cfb6362af6ff7b6bce326f7dca6f"
-  integrity sha512-3BVlZrHJYt7j5N83BLEeqroe4Gi2J/ycZKvKIe6s6SEygP8TpUP+trVSd+bSLm7c2JpPpMCoEsJ22aaPcbWVDQ==
+matrix-js-sdk@3.0.0-rc.1:
+  version "3.0.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-3.0.0-rc.1.tgz#6ecdedab752933f6a0ccf6aa7d2786bd32f6d7f7"
+  integrity sha512-1eaECVqG64tj1pE0UBFTIGc1whryXLNaRpkrXrZ5+ZMDtuK2ZDlTOLYoK3t4z/hjn+4C6a294ytoEVe0UnIA8w==
   dependencies:
     another-json "^0.2.0"
     browser-request "^0.3.3"