diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 02734bd2bb..21c224927d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         "maplibre-gl": "^2.0.0",
         "matrix-encrypt-attachment": "^1.0.3",
         "matrix-events-sdk": "0.0.1",
-        "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
+        "matrix-js-sdk": "26.2.0-rc.1",
         "matrix-widget-api": "^1.4.0",
         "memoize-one": "^6.0.0",
         "minimist": "^1.2.5",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0971e782f0..096cf8d21f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1593,10 +1593,10 @@
   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.10":
-  version "0.1.0-alpha.10"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-js-0.1.0-alpha.10.tgz#b6a6395cffd3197ae2e0a88f4eeae8b315571fd2"
-  integrity sha512-8V2NKuzGOFzEZeZVgF2is7gmuopdRbMZ064tzPDE0vN34iX6s3O8A4oxIT7SA3qtymwm3t1yEvTnT+0gfbmh4g==
+"@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js@^0.1.0-alpha.11":
+  version "0.1.0-alpha.11"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-js-0.1.0-alpha.11.tgz#24d705318c3159ef7dbe43bca464ac2bdd11e45d"
+  integrity sha512-HD3rskPkqrUUSaKzGLg97k/bN+OZrkcX7ODB/pNBs/jqq+/A0wDKqsszJotzFwsQcDPpWn78BmMyvBo4tLxKjw==
 
 "@matrix-org/matrix-wysiwyg@^2.3.0":
   version "2.3.0"
@@ -6576,12 +6576,13 @@ 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@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
-  version "26.1.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/b77fe465f75fc0c273e22d6ff8bde658f35a68b6"
+matrix-js-sdk@26.2.0-rc.1:
+  version "26.2.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-26.2.0-rc.1.tgz#95e7f0edcae190f9f987689bccf2f9907e9b6038"
+  integrity sha512-3HSrgazVlh1chtM+sUdl5hOvNE3OQhnYnyTcT1duwIFYV0duiDPVt1lRX+pFkYq0Hq06Fdtaw25/PbO5Gzkj0Q==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
-    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js" "^0.1.0-alpha.10"
+    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js" "^0.1.0-alpha.11"
     another-json "^0.2.0"
     bs58 "^5.0.0"
     content-type "^1.0.4"