diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a015728256..6ac2daddcd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     "is-ip": "^2.0.0",
     "linkifyjs": "^2.1.9",
     "lodash": "^4.17.19",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "9.2.0-rc.1",
     "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.8",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
     "pako": "^1.0.11",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 3c163b7c2f..a2e47e5daa 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6505,9 +6505,10 @@ mathml-tag-names@^2.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mathml-tag-names/-/mathml-tag-names-2.1.3.tgz#4ddadd67308e780cf16a47685878ee27b736a0a3"
   integrity sha512-APMBEanjybaPzUrfqU0IMU5I0AswKMH7k8OTLs0vvV4KZpExkTkY87nR/zpbuTPj+gARop7aGUbl11pnDfW6xg==
 
-"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
-  version "9.1.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/5ac00e346593f29f324b3af8e322928a6e1c427a"
+matrix-js-sdk@9.2.0-rc.1:
+  version "9.2.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-9.2.0-rc.1.tgz#db0750259170a79c5f51b9b5fc6949f8521a1926"
+  integrity sha512-cDbY8fSZQEaDU6m1V8MpZtr69sd4iWw/SshNDpQMsd4llCVhMA10EC0RrETfFRerSI+SEn9sdhjQaa4wEPCy9w==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.11.2"
     another-json "^0.2.0"