diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8997d3c2af..5b753da182 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     "linkifyjs": "^2.1.6",
     "lodash": "^4.13.1",
     "lolex": "2.3.2",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "1.0.2",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "^1.0.3-rc.1",
     "optimist": "^0.6.1",
     "pako": "^1.0.5",
     "prop-types": "^15.5.8",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 893ceac0a2..5dff5cbae0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4371,10 +4371,10 @@ math-random@^1.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/math-random/-/math-random-1.0.4.tgz#5dd6943c938548267016d4e34f057583080c514c"
   integrity sha512-rUxjysqif/BZQH2yhd5Aaq7vXMSx9NdEsQcyA07uEzIvxgI7zIr33gGsh+RU0/XjmQpCW7RsVof1vlkvQVCK5A==
 
-matrix-js-sdk@1.0.2:
-  version "1.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-1.0.2.tgz#482d8d2076c7565cf7354722e96c9971e372182a"
-  integrity sha512-4WCBJFSoOLelHi7IUAcVxPQF+gTc/i9NUKZ77qwUfcZVED8VKTIyWZnwpeLgocK5gAOJV9fkAyO5mny9SkZaGg==
+matrix-js-sdk@^1.0.3-rc.1:
+  version "1.0.3-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-1.0.3-rc.1.tgz#61dea7fc2efd6f0a23e709443b4ac6a276890e9a"
+  integrity sha512-31aFwoAR9AIWhqHgJCYplXVFbaykXydm7GBvM/ffCjzN5OgAQEzUqwX18PfWKHVZHqijtj2VZOqnBVsXLX0w6Q==
   dependencies:
     another-json "^0.2.0"
     babel-runtime "^6.26.0"