diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 99a82e646c..0db385dc33 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": "3.6.1",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
     "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.5",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.2.1.tgz",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ffd1e720ed..8661f29650 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7898,21 +7898,6 @@ 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@8.5.0:
-  version "8.5.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-8.5.0.tgz#02d77e0e95fe32dcc74e0a94707f9103badfdca5"
-  integrity sha512-RJCqK/QkesL+63rX4C4mShEFw/ZR20D1UMw1RKY8pQhv1/7Skz+v5BTv/UCqG45E3rRYMarNOwy13CZ+yq33FA==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/runtime" "^7.11.2"
-    another-json "^0.2.0"
-    browser-request "^0.3.3"
-    bs58 "^4.0.1"
-    content-type "^1.0.4"
-    loglevel "^1.7.0"
-    qs "^6.9.4"
-    request "^2.88.2"
-    unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
-
 "matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "8.5.0"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/9f713781cdfea2349115ffaac2d665e8b07fd5dc"
@@ -7935,10 +7920,9 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     bluebird "^3.5.0"
     expect "^1.20.2"
 
-matrix-react-sdk@3.6.1:
+"matrix-react-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop":
   version "3.6.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-3.6.1.tgz#bbad45b72b3f62c91fa5bcecfec333ee67bd4428"
-  integrity sha512-tuBTSbkxqY7hl1CqF9SbIYezUz64QsbnMuTkFnAiJrbyq8BFfcUW5/JQAME2epZDiP/6Kzc6y+tTCfZfQ6sQzQ==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/tar.gz/5caad82f9fdbd8b0e4bb6aedfe2827f0a952b9e7"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.10.5"
     await-lock "^2.0.1"
@@ -7965,7 +7949,7 @@ matrix-react-sdk@3.6.1:
     is-ip "^2.0.0"
     linkifyjs "^2.1.9"
     lodash "^4.17.19"
-    matrix-js-sdk "8.5.0"
+    matrix-js-sdk "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop"
     matrix-widget-api "^0.1.0-beta.5"
     minimist "^1.2.5"
     pako "^1.0.11"