diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 614d8e86f8..14eba80bc2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
         "maplibre-gl": "^2.0.0",
         "matrix-encrypt-attachment": "^1.0.3",
         "matrix-events-sdk": "0.0.1",
-        "matrix-js-sdk": "28.1.0",
+        "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
         "matrix-widget-api": "^1.5.0",
         "memoize-one": "^6.0.0",
         "minimist": "^1.2.5",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 59ec51b46c..150f1a5dbc 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1929,10 +1929,10 @@
     emojibase "^15.0.0"
     emojibase-data "^15.0.0"
 
-"@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm@^1.2.1":
-  version "1.2.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm-1.2.1.tgz#5b546c8a0e53b614f10b77b3b649818aed9d0db1"
-  integrity sha512-DCb7Q83PCQK0uav5vB3KNV/hJPlxAhT/ddar+VHz2kC39hMLKGzWYVhprpLYVcavaE/6OX+Q/xFkAoV/3QtUHQ==
+"@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm@^1.2.3-alpha.0":
+  version "1.2.3-alpha.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm-1.2.3-alpha.0.tgz#f6f93e3ee44c5f1e0e255badd26f4a7d3fb1dab8"
+  integrity sha512-BFLqfq/WbYZ+83r4UWLhwtBYvTp5DKTHNeWUSDBVvudFtqBvkntNAAUz+xmhmO1XkyNm+sBaElxF8IS9S8zdww==
 
 "@matrix-org/matrix-wysiwyg@^2.4.1":
   version "2.4.1"
@@ -7541,20 +7541,19 @@ 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@28.1.0:
+"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "28.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-28.1.0.tgz#0e4640a93f19f5768e6bddf870a95e5be02257db"
-  integrity sha512-GwhsOAka40i7hc+Hm/tiJdDgMgx/BWLGQmKQAcqFk4E2uxlB0k01D+cyLhRvmfiwlRbdABohGgqSiQRL7LD98w==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/658e7b1be34978bf8197e87f14438da87c45241e"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
-    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm" "^1.2.1"
+    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm" "^1.2.3-alpha.0"
     another-json "^0.2.0"
     bs58 "^5.0.0"
     content-type "^1.0.4"
     jwt-decode "^3.1.2"
     loglevel "^1.7.1"
     matrix-events-sdk "0.0.1"
-    matrix-widget-api "^1.5.0"
+    matrix-widget-api "^1.6.0"
     oidc-client-ts "^2.2.4"
     p-retry "4"
     sdp-transform "^2.14.1"
@@ -7586,6 +7585,14 @@ matrix-widget-api@^1.5.0:
     "@types/events" "^3.0.0"
     events "^3.2.0"
 
+matrix-widget-api@^1.6.0:
+  version "1.6.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-widget-api/-/matrix-widget-api-1.6.0.tgz#f0075411edffc6de339580ade7e6e6e6edb01af4"
+  integrity sha512-VXIJyAZ/WnBmT4C7ePqevgMYGneKMCP/0JuCOqntSsaNlCRHJvwvTxmqUU+ufOpzIF5gYNyIrAjbgrEbK3iqJQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/events" "^3.0.0"
+    events "^3.2.0"
+
 md5@^2.3.0:
   version "2.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/md5/-/md5-2.3.0.tgz#c3da9a6aae3a30b46b7b0c349b87b110dc3bda4f"