diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 34cc53e984..82a0af4400 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         "maplibre-gl": "^2.0.0",
         "matrix-encrypt-attachment": "^1.0.3",
         "matrix-events-sdk": "0.0.1",
-        "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
+        "matrix-js-sdk": "27.1.0-rc.1",
         "matrix-widget-api": "^1.4.0",
         "memoize-one": "^6.0.0",
         "minimist": "^1.2.5",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1820ee78b7..98a5856eaf 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1804,10 +1804,10 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/analytics-events/-/analytics-events-0.5.0.tgz#38b69c4e29d243944c5712cca7b674a3432056e6"
   integrity sha512-uL5kf7MqC+GxsGJtimPVbFliyaFinohTHSzohz31JTysktHsjRR2SC+vV7sy2/dstTWVdG9EGOnohyPsB+oi3A==
 
-"@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm@^1.0.1":
-  version "1.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm-1.0.1.tgz#21a0557a7bb3f60b37c6d412be8906c056fe79b8"
-  integrity sha512-VTwV5IowvhhLXwAsDDAv02bC5/qBQbG2YtpYAije11253sQ3MePIoSR+dS40Ih3lAlEzqQ00GU3O+i45jMzIRQ==
+"@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm@^1.1.0":
+  version "1.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm-1.1.0.tgz#43996a2c5fc8786999eeaaf6df51007244f6b3c4"
+  integrity sha512-BSMYqXRgQOHG3N18z8b05x3UQcdLL3XDrxjtjjA88t9PadZ7RwNowLm1Sx3ESzdzRX+r1SEVAWs2JnTTs0rv3Q==
 
 "@matrix-org/matrix-wysiwyg@^2.3.1":
   version "2.3.1"
@@ -6865,12 +6865,13 @@ matrix-events-sdk@0.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-events-sdk/-/matrix-events-sdk-0.0.1.tgz#c8c38911e2cb29023b0bbac8d6f32e0de2c957dd"
   integrity sha512-1QEOsXO+bhyCroIe2/A5OwaxHvBm7EsSQ46DEDn8RBIfQwN5HWBpFvyWWR4QY0KHPPnnJdI99wgRiAl7Ad5qaA==
 
-"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
-  version "27.0.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/f77662406c681e685ba600b4a8b9ede14e1f674f"
+matrix-js-sdk@27.1.0-rc.1:
+  version "27.1.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-27.1.0-rc.1.tgz#8287b21197c6ae8ca0c2b33410266659453d5137"
+  integrity sha512-GX1wtFWB5jl9gJYWwF1St2gPgBhpw5gbtktV/ZDqo/oXcJgbVP0notyUA0pFaK1NM3U4L6BtPr+aHY/XgcTmSQ==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
-    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm" "^1.0.1"
+    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm" "^1.1.0"
     another-json "^0.2.0"
     bs58 "^5.0.0"
     content-type "^1.0.4"