diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 755d6e3278..19e3a09243 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
     "highlight.js": "^9.13.1",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "6.2.0-rc.1",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "2.7.0-rc.2",
     "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 a62c3c49c0..479d683c42 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6963,20 +6963,6 @@ matrix-js-sdk@6.2.0-rc.1:
     request "^2.88.0"
     unhomoglyph "^1.0.2"
 
-"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
-  version "6.1.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/3305f2cc72f1a299b2a82366ff4729ad8d6b0edc"
-  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"
@@ -6985,9 +6971,10 @@ 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 "2.6.1"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/tar.gz/0e41bde875c2996aefb3fdbeae292211b9347f36"
+matrix-react-sdk@2.7.0-rc.2:
+  version "2.7.0-rc.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-2.7.0-rc.2.tgz#3b5e10bf60997f6ac168cdb64c2c95596ae661eb"
+  integrity sha512-4uTrsUHWNCvAUqpSU1K5uhoOZgg61Z0hcyJCdJfVeJqjHuOiB/lRlX+Yun3Ow4i6NFIhXkik5vD5eAHUsCcKRQ==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
     await-lock "^2.0.1"
@@ -7015,7 +7002,7 @@ 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 "6.2.0-rc.1"
     minimist "^1.2.0"
     pako "^1.0.5"
     parse5 "^5.1.1"