diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 610d94c137..d6d7140a09 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
     "highlight.js": "^9.13.1",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "3.3.0",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.1.4.tgz",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
     "react": "^16.9.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 57e020a215..9b1342e5e6 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7312,21 +7312,6 @@ 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@8.2.0:
-  version "8.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-8.2.0.tgz#6fbdadcdc563e41671d407d772a4d52ec8adc480"
-  integrity sha512-yKF/H1Matgf4b7bfa/gOPNcgMEujogC1r89Au8ZYKfv3dmNdJupE9ktdGJ28QVeKIyF5Ew1stLI4MdGWT1gYPw==
-  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-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "8.2.0"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/c6992e2056901502af19e40ba0d1103c4c1f61ed"
@@ -7349,10 +7334,9 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     bluebird "^3.5.0"
     expect "^1.20.2"
 
-matrix-react-sdk@3.3.0:
+"matrix-react-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop":
   version "3.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-3.3.0.tgz#42749f59151a1fbd8be81d917b7f2dfc406a4ad5"
-  integrity sha512-042QFASwbYYX69TQTzzSnRyaD4NXiME/Unn+GmUfWJBnGieuNaYb7ZFxVdUuPpks2UfHJF6xswsr1LpKWi92IQ==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/tar.gz/0d290c9bd2604343610e1fc3b17bbdb941ad2ad6"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.10.5"
     await-lock "^2.0.1"
@@ -7380,7 +7364,7 @@ matrix-react-sdk@3.3.0:
     is-ip "^2.0.0"
     linkifyjs "^2.1.9"
     lodash "^4.17.19"
-    matrix-js-sdk "8.2.0"
+    matrix-js-sdk "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop"
     minimist "^1.2.5"
     pako "^1.0.11"
     parse5 "^5.1.1"