diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index edaea44c0a..44b794c445 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
     "highlight.js": "^9.13.1",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "7.1.0-rc.1",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "2.9.0-rc.1",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.1.4.tgz",
     "postcss-easings": "^2.0.0",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6bd998369e..716cb869be 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6988,20 +6988,6 @@ matrix-js-sdk@7.1.0-rc.1:
     request "^2.88.0"
     unhomoglyph "^1.0.2"
 
-"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
-  version "7.0.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/68c7273f56d5e88b9af783c396963d03e2de4a92"
-  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-mock-request@^1.2.3:
   version "1.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-mock-request/-/matrix-mock-request-1.2.3.tgz#56b15d86e2601a9b48a854844396d18caab649c8"
@@ -7010,9 +6996,10 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     bluebird "^3.5.0"
     expect "^1.20.2"
 
-"matrix-react-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop":
-  version "2.8.1"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/tar.gz/0059d44e1512e87a108b91d93e820b0dcc7be2a9"
+matrix-react-sdk@2.9.0-rc.1:
+  version "2.9.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-2.9.0-rc.1.tgz#7174234c3b37d117f42f59e362b9fd8a9a8c1d99"
+  integrity sha512-gHdLmgqINvBx0qtqu4A5r3Wlt7oTXjJR7EfNcVGkHmhEBoCl1EL5B20MOy0sE8yBpUXirjerb9TsxuHx6i+/xg==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
     await-lock "^2.0.1"
@@ -7040,7 +7027,7 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     is-ip "^2.0.0"
     linkifyjs "^2.1.6"
     lodash "^4.17.14"
-    matrix-js-sdk "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop"
+    matrix-js-sdk "7.1.0-rc.1"
     minimist "^1.2.0"
     pako "^1.0.5"
     parse5 "^5.1.1"