diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4f0631a17e..6131a5c887 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     "maplibre-gl": "^1.15.2",
     "matrix-analytics-events": "github:matrix-org/matrix-analytics-events.git#dfa6feaa12bcfc8e99b05a148e12fff7f9d62f08",
     "matrix-events-sdk": "^0.0.1-beta.6",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "15.5.1-rc.1",
     "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.18",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
     "opus-recorder": "^8.0.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 43684b56ad..0e58a5ceef 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6262,9 +6262,10 @@ matrix-events-sdk@^0.0.1-beta.6:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-events-sdk/-/matrix-events-sdk-0.0.1-beta.6.tgz#9001090ed2e2bf29efc113d6b29871bcc6520749"
   integrity sha512-VMqPXe3Bg4R9yC9PNqGv6bDFwWlVYadYxp0Ke1ihhXUCpGcx7e28kOYcqK2T3RxLXK4KK7VH4JRbY53Do3r+Fw==
 
-"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
-  version "15.5.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/9c242a9ce6d9039574b4032f7f5c1964b3db8d94"
+matrix-js-sdk@15.5.1-rc.1:
+  version "15.5.1-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-15.5.1-rc.1.tgz#d7b59739d7b1a2cb078764cfda135548b90ed45b"
+  integrity sha512-XyRgwdeEj+bYkrLg4QUsjzGJLR9K0hs0WhzG+2HZ3vXYrq7RaBpGaYNVkRS0z/BC1/VDzD77kh/PUgz1yUoQIw==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
     another-json "^0.2.0"