diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 83f5761aec..259d1562e2 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": "27.0.0-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 c47b81eec2..c3d46c2033 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1605,10 +1605,10 @@
   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":
-  version "0.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-js-0.1.0.tgz#766580036d4df12120ded223e13b5640e77db136"
-  integrity sha512-ra/bcFdleC1iRNms2I96UXA0NvQYWpMsHrV5EfJRS7qV1PtnQNvgsvMfjMbkx8QT2ErEmIhsvB5fPCpfp8BSuw==
+"@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js@^0.1.1":
+  version "0.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-js-0.1.2.tgz#b58679e161f3d734359a8665922956309b1a4417"
+  integrity sha512-bbal0RcWwerS/DgqhOgM7wkXJ2YSv9fySK/qgLlrAsdYLpMSTqG8wDQ89/v+RYo9WmA5hwUN/wXcCDdFaFEXQQ==
 
 "@matrix-org/matrix-wysiwyg@^2.3.0":
   version "2.3.0"
@@ -3502,6 +3502,11 @@ crypt@0.0.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/crypt/-/crypt-0.0.2.tgz#88d7ff7ec0dfb86f713dc87bbb42d044d3e6c41b"
   integrity sha512-mCxBlsHFYh9C+HVpiEacem8FEBnMXgU9gy4zmNC+SXAZNB/1idgp/aulFJ4FgCi7GPEVbfyng092GqL2k2rmow==
 
+crypto-js@^4.1.1:
+  version "4.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/crypto-js/-/crypto-js-4.1.1.tgz#9e485bcf03521041bd85844786b83fb7619736cf"
+  integrity sha512-o2JlM7ydqd3Qk9CA0L4NL6mTzU2sdx96a+oOfPu8Mkl/PK51vSyoi8/rQ8NknZtk44vq15lmhAj9CIAGwgeWKw==
+
 css-box-model@^1.2.0:
   version "1.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/css-box-model/-/css-box-model-1.2.1.tgz#59951d3b81fd6b2074a62d49444415b0d2b4d7c1"
@@ -6553,12 +6558,13 @@ 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 "26.2.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/5751df1288b340fe08358145e5d47d28ed69465a"
+matrix-js-sdk@27.0.0-rc.1:
+  version "27.0.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-27.0.0-rc.1.tgz#85a8a64b6d88fd57d3d1ee0b69a515ebb039e882"
+  integrity sha512-6bo4PbUCTvjqAf2urBf3L1UxE72//ubL4QsNOJmU9/IfLZQOql+ByvRKrKES245H4KxQHLg1s4lug8sIcfISBQ==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
-    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js" "^0.1.0"
+    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js" "^0.1.1"
     another-json "^0.2.0"
     bs58 "^5.0.0"
     content-type "^1.0.4"
@@ -6566,6 +6572,7 @@ matrix-events-sdk@0.0.1:
     loglevel "^1.7.1"
     matrix-events-sdk "0.0.1"
     matrix-widget-api "^1.3.1"
+    oidc-client-ts "^2.2.4"
     p-retry "4"
     sdp-transform "^2.14.1"
     unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
@@ -6928,6 +6935,14 @@ object.values@^1.1.6:
     define-properties "^1.1.4"
     es-abstract "^1.20.4"
 
+oidc-client-ts@^2.2.4:
+  version "2.2.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/oidc-client-ts/-/oidc-client-ts-2.2.4.tgz#7d86b5efe2248f3637a6f3a0ee1af86764aea125"
+  integrity sha512-nOZwIomju+AmXObl5Oq5PjrES/qTt8bLsENJCIydVgi9TEWk7SCkOU6X3RNkY7yfySRM1OJJvDKdREZdmnDT2g==
+  dependencies:
+    crypto-js "^4.1.1"
+    jwt-decode "^3.1.2"
+
 once@^1.3.0, once@^1.3.1, once@^1.4.0:
   version "1.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/once/-/once-1.4.0.tgz#583b1aa775961d4b113ac17d9c50baef9dd76bd1"