diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 92bf2e452d..5b82d9b111 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     "linkifyjs": "^2.1.6",
     "lodash": "^4.17.14",
     "lolex": "4.2",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "2.4.5",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
     "optimist": "^0.6.1",
     "pako": "^1.0.5",
     "png-chunks-extract": "^1.0.0",
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@
     "eslint": "^5.12.0",
     "eslint-config-google": "^0.7.1",
     "eslint-plugin-babel": "^5.2.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-jest": "^23.0.4",
     "eslint-plugin-flowtype": "^2.30.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-jest": "^23.0.4",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.7.0",
     "eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "^2.0.1",
     "estree-walker": "^0.5.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 62b45fd715..073fc95b37 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5246,10 +5246,9 @@ mathml-tag-names@^2.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mathml-tag-names/-/mathml-tag-names-2.1.1.tgz#6dff66c99d55ecf739ca53c492e626f1d12a33cc"
   integrity sha512-pWB896KPGSGkp1XtyzRBftpTzwSOL0Gfk0wLvxt4f2mgzjY19o0LxJ3U25vNWTzsh7da+KTbuXQoQ3lOJZ8WHw==
 
-matrix-js-sdk@2.4.5:
+"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "2.4.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-2.4.5.tgz#0a02f0a3e18c59a393b34b8d6ebc54226cce6465"
-  integrity sha512-Mh0fPoiqyXRksFNYS4/2s20xAklmYVIgSms3qFvLhno32LN43NizUoAMBYYGtyjt8BQi+U77lbNL0s5f2V7gPQ==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/6ea8003df23d55e2b84911c3204005c42a9ffa9c"
   dependencies:
     another-json "^0.2.0"
     babel-runtime "^6.26.0"