diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3d9c727ed3..149e6aae86 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     "highlight.js": "^9.13.1",
     "jsrsasign": "^9.1.5",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "3.4.0",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.1.4.tgz",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
     "react": "^16.9.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4eab5677de..844df889d1 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7308,21 +7308,6 @@ mathml-tag-names@^2.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mathml-tag-names/-/mathml-tag-names-2.1.3.tgz#4ddadd67308e780cf16a47685878ee27b736a0a3"
   integrity sha512-APMBEanjybaPzUrfqU0IMU5I0AswKMH7k8OTLs0vvV4KZpExkTkY87nR/zpbuTPj+gARop7aGUbl11pnDfW6xg==
 
-matrix-js-sdk@8.3.0:
-  version "8.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-8.3.0.tgz#a57a6d071619c24b6e8501ae21fa4d21f6bbd052"
-  integrity sha512-ndKedUtZt72/4KWjlMevNwNDGfhPTOn/i4U6Iv1ZEfm7uZfbp5u3hVIyr8tyOiVuvMIxmcTajRdwSlRsNtYFkA==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
-    another-json "^0.2.0"
-    browser-request "^0.3.3"
-    bs58 "^4.0.1"
-    content-type "^1.0.2"
-    loglevel "^1.6.4"
-    qs "^6.5.2"
-    request "^2.88.0"
-    unhomoglyph "^1.0.2"
-
 "matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "8.3.0"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/b9886d4f3479c041fc6d91ebc88c4a998e9d2e7c"
@@ -7345,10 +7330,9 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     bluebird "^3.5.0"
     expect "^1.20.2"
 
-matrix-react-sdk@3.4.0:
+"matrix-react-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop":
   version "3.4.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-3.4.0.tgz#418cd8f0f6c2e884189272e5813136a2ab90ce4c"
-  integrity sha512-rSKRxo1NmgXKEsGUfU2vmAqQvvKbRHd8hcY6WVh/5YydiGuXdKf7w8cdpzv8LMU+Le9QUf+3hWOdZ8p++gOymA==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/tar.gz/148cad6ea2daecee3dc799616dc102698b0751f8"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.10.5"
     await-lock "^2.0.1"
@@ -7375,7 +7359,7 @@ matrix-react-sdk@3.4.0:
     is-ip "^2.0.0"
     linkifyjs "^2.1.9"
     lodash "^4.17.19"
-    matrix-js-sdk "8.3.0"
+    matrix-js-sdk "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop"
     minimist "^1.2.5"
     pako "^1.0.11"
     parse5 "^5.1.1"