diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d9ea440936..4f6de8ce5c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     "katex": "^0.12.0",
     "linkifyjs": "^2.1.9",
     "lodash": "^4.17.20",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "11.0.0-rc.1",
     "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.13",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
     "opus-recorder": "^8.0.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7712ac507a..4fe12f3768 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5669,9 +5669,10 @@ mathml-tag-names@^2.1.3:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mathml-tag-names/-/mathml-tag-names-2.1.3.tgz#4ddadd67308e780cf16a47685878ee27b736a0a3"
   integrity sha512-APMBEanjybaPzUrfqU0IMU5I0AswKMH7k8OTLs0vvV4KZpExkTkY87nR/zpbuTPj+gARop7aGUbl11pnDfW6xg==
 
-"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
-  version "10.1.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/2d73805ca3d8c5a140fe05e574f826696de1656a"
+matrix-js-sdk@11.0.0-rc.1:
+  version "11.0.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-11.0.0-rc.1.tgz#a40fdc9e93a1a9e873dd867e5766a20ea780e1d8"
+  integrity sha512-zATTKWH4yrs6mKcLQNvhvwi1IRGUEx3xt3MPCFuSuQq23TMbnxhOZMMpUF6n19FpioHw9jbz7cPsdVKM2gpDLw==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
     another-json "^0.2.0"