diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 92d7e1a61a..bea3396339 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     "maplibre-gl": "^2.0.0",
     "matrix-encrypt-attachment": "^1.0.3",
     "matrix-events-sdk": "0.0.1",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "23.0.0",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
     "matrix-widget-api": "^1.1.1",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
     "opus-recorder": "^8.0.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2590f80536..70f580e7e7 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1520,6 +1520,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/analytics-events/-/analytics-events-0.3.0.tgz#a428f7e3f164ffadf38f35bc0f0f9a3e47369ce6"
   integrity sha512-f1WIMA8tjNB3V5g1C34yIpIJK47z6IJ4SLiY4j+J9Gw4X8C3TKGTAx563rMcMvW3Uk/PFqnIBXtkavHBXoYJ9A==
 
+"@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js@^0.1.0-alpha.2":
+  version "0.1.0-alpha.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-js-0.1.0-alpha.2.tgz#a09d0fea858e817da971a3c9f904632ef7b49eb6"
+  integrity sha512-oVkBCh9YP7H9i4gAoQbZzswniczfo/aIptNa4dxRi4Ff9lSvUCFv6Hvzi7C+90c0/PWZLXjIDTIAWZYmwyd2fA==
+
 "@matrix-org/matrix-wysiwyg@^0.9.0":
   version "0.9.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-wysiwyg/-/matrix-wysiwyg-0.9.0.tgz#8651eacdc0bbfa313501e4feeb713c74dbf099cc"
@@ -6395,12 +6400,12 @@ 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@23.0.0:
+"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "23.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-23.0.0.tgz#b25a727c0bc8821168a450a2d801dc77dc340f00"
-  integrity sha512-FbbVxbH+K9ekec4hfnAD64KaP1X4DRQw1htw0qnx761saJEW3rQc1bTQtEyKFi4dZz7XaFYbspVUXeWkVqnqew==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/1ebcac37cca04f108548376f02a7a2d0666904d6"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
+    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js" "^0.1.0-alpha.2"
     another-json "^0.2.0"
     bs58 "^5.0.0"
     content-type "^1.0.4"
@@ -6411,7 +6416,7 @@ matrix-js-sdk@23.0.0:
     qs "^6.9.6"
     sdp-transform "^2.14.1"
     unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
-    uuid "7"
+    uuid "9"
 
 matrix-mock-request@^2.5.0:
   version "2.6.0"
@@ -8541,16 +8546,16 @@ util-deprecate@^1.0.2, util-deprecate@~1.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/util-deprecate/-/util-deprecate-1.0.2.tgz#450d4dc9fa70de732762fbd2d4a28981419a0ccf"
   integrity sha512-EPD5q1uXyFxJpCrLnCc1nHnq3gOa6DZBocAIiI2TaSCA7VCJ1UJDMagCzIkXNsUYfD1daK//LTEQ8xiIbrHtcw==
 
-uuid@7:
-  version "7.0.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uuid/-/uuid-7.0.3.tgz#c5c9f2c8cf25dc0a372c4df1441c41f5bd0c680b"
-  integrity sha512-DPSke0pXhTZgoF/d+WSt2QaKMCFSfx7QegxEWT+JOuHF5aWrKEn0G+ztjuJg/gG8/ItK+rbPCD/yNv8yyih6Cg==
-
 uuid@8.3.2, uuid@^8.3.2:
   version "8.3.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uuid/-/uuid-8.3.2.tgz#80d5b5ced271bb9af6c445f21a1a04c606cefbe2"
   integrity sha512-+NYs2QeMWy+GWFOEm9xnn6HCDp0l7QBD7ml8zLUmJ+93Q5NF0NocErnwkTkXVFNiX3/fpC6afS8Dhb/gz7R7eg==
 
+uuid@9:
+  version "9.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uuid/-/uuid-9.0.0.tgz#592f550650024a38ceb0c562f2f6aa435761efb5"
+  integrity sha512-MXcSTerfPa4uqyzStbRoTgt5XIe3x5+42+q1sDuy3R5MDk66URdLMOZe5aPX/SQd+kuYAh0FdP/pO28IkQyTeg==
+
 v8-compile-cache@^2.3.0:
   version "2.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/v8-compile-cache/-/v8-compile-cache-2.3.0.tgz#2de19618c66dc247dcfb6f99338035d8245a2cee"