diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6a3ebe8b3c..9f7fb0e856 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         "maplibre-gl": "^2.0.0",
         "matrix-encrypt-attachment": "^1.0.3",
         "matrix-events-sdk": "0.0.1",
-        "matrix-js-sdk": "24.1.0",
+        "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
         "matrix-widget-api": "^1.3.1",
         "minimist": "^1.2.5",
         "opus-recorder": "^8.0.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 80e0f1e091..eb680d04d6 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1649,10 +1649,10 @@
   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-js@^0.1.0-alpha.5":
-  version "0.1.0-alpha.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-js-0.1.0-alpha.5.tgz#60ede2c43b9d808ba8cf46085a3b347b290d9658"
-  integrity sha512-2KjAgWNGfuGLNjJwsrs6gGX157vmcTfNrA4u249utgnMPbJl7QwuUqh1bGxQ0PpK06yvZjgPlkna0lTbuwtuQw==
+"@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js@^0.1.0-alpha.6":
+  version "0.1.0-alpha.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-js-0.1.0-alpha.6.tgz#c0bdb9ab0d30179b8ef744d1b4010b0ad0ab9c3a"
+  integrity sha512-7hMffzw7KijxDyyH/eUyTfrLeCQHuyU3kaPOKGhcl3DZ3vx7bCncqjGMGTnxNPoP23I6gosvKSbO+3wYOT24Xg==
 
 "@matrix-org/matrix-wysiwyg@^2.0.0":
   version "2.0.0"
@@ -6502,13 +6502,12 @@ 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@24.1.0:
+"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "24.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-24.1.0.tgz#6e5ecbadc44cf725c02d32db07f74dcb67b88d11"
-  integrity sha512-xEx2ZoNsS56dwgqLJ3rIv2SUpFxdQLrLKmJCpMatMUKCAg+NGuZfpQ3QXblIbGaqFNQZCH7fC7S48AeTMZp1Jw==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/70e34ffb76634cf3d8ad1cc73d87f89723ec76c0"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
-    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js" "^0.1.0-alpha.5"
+    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js" "^0.1.0-alpha.6"
     another-json "^0.2.0"
     bs58 "^5.0.0"
     content-type "^1.0.4"