diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2f7548af72..47e1a7f41b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
         "jsrsasign": "^10.5.25",
         "katex": "^0.16.0",
         "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
-        "matrix-react-sdk": "3.73.0",
+        "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
         "matrix-widget-api": "^1.3.1",
         "react": "17.0.2",
         "react-dom": "17.0.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e6977e26d6..5101083957 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8337,24 +8337,6 @@ 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@26.0.0:
-  version "26.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-26.0.0.tgz#44134f4af8f401537edfee79a93a520b7effc6b3"
-  integrity sha512-HLosQgRjEb2/j4CpxncIqRklKKaWKZcfut6DDLswVf6d0pCXHbLp39iCy4obpJiWH2H/4k/HMvDzj3+8J8qWWw==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
-    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js" "^0.1.0-alpha.9"
-    another-json "^0.2.0"
-    bs58 "^5.0.0"
-    content-type "^1.0.4"
-    loglevel "^1.7.1"
-    matrix-events-sdk "0.0.1"
-    matrix-widget-api "^1.3.1"
-    p-retry "4"
-    sdp-transform "^2.14.1"
-    unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
-    uuid "9"
-
 "matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "26.0.0"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/c52e4b632933b54dca20c2a8f966e47013c28104"
@@ -8379,10 +8361,9 @@ matrix-mock-request@^2.5.0:
   dependencies:
     expect "^28.1.0"
 
-matrix-react-sdk@3.73.0:
+"matrix-react-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop":
   version "3.73.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-3.73.0.tgz#bdfb674c9ac07f23023474cb739ded08d43f5b6e"
-  integrity sha512-brh5K0fruqU2qXqCxqVi/k2ek+M8LiOItoaNQT+vDwwDsRsHTcZorApnjkjfQWcRSH29ZwoFGXBl+EqryR2DHQ==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/tar.gz/d0c1a8e69ca7697074d0045c30cf58e4f6ed0a3a"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
     "@matrix-org/analytics-events" "^0.5.0"
@@ -8407,7 +8388,7 @@ matrix-react-sdk@3.73.0:
     focus-visible "^5.2.0"
     gfm.css "^1.1.2"
     glob-to-regexp "^0.4.1"
-    grapheme-splitter "^1.0.4"
+    graphemer "^1.4.0"
     highlight.js "^11.3.1"
     html-entities "^2.0.0"
     is-ip "^3.1.0"
@@ -8421,7 +8402,7 @@ matrix-react-sdk@3.73.0:
     maplibre-gl "^2.0.0"
     matrix-encrypt-attachment "^1.0.3"
     matrix-events-sdk "0.0.1"
-    matrix-js-sdk "26.0.0"
+    matrix-js-sdk "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop"
     matrix-widget-api "^1.4.0"
     memoize-one "^6.0.0"
     minimist "^1.2.5"