diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e2fe0aefa2..999e108bef 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     "lodash": "^4.17.20",
     "maplibre-gl": "^1.15.2",
     "matrix-analytics-events": "https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-analytics-events.git#1eab4356548c97722a183912fda1ceabbe8cc7c1",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "15.3.0-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 b239b678ba..5b49e3ff72 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6036,15 +6036,17 @@ mathml-tag-names@^2.1.3:
   version "0.0.1"
   resolved "https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-analytics-events.git#1eab4356548c97722a183912fda1ceabbe8cc7c1"
 
-"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
-  version "15.2.1"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/169b6b55727d0eea181a31b3170439c9a355065b"
+matrix-js-sdk@15.3.0-rc.1:
+  version "15.3.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-15.3.0-rc.1.tgz#4d5e8aac34aaf9dcefc74ef732ec6d4307f64b27"
+  integrity sha512-MGEDW3Dyz3Y/6Z+GlfnmT1n0DTtTulZ0CQXO6xlkYT8TYaFE9yLBw1zkarJfdnQp5YsjcEbYZa1ZJt1smz4rQg==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
     another-json "^0.2.0"
     browser-request "^0.3.3"
     bs58 "^4.0.1"
     content-type "^1.0.4"
+    eslint-plugin-import "^2.25.2"
     loglevel "^1.7.1"
     p-retry "^4.5.0"
     qs "^6.9.6"