diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 049aa2d335..79904830b5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
         "katex": "^0.16.0",
         "lodash": "^4.17.21",
         "matrix-js-sdk": "32.0.0-rc.0",
-        "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
+        "matrix-react-sdk": "3.97.0-rc.0",
         "matrix-widget-api": "^1.3.1",
         "react": "17.0.2",
         "react-dom": "17.0.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index bff02d1416..d9875a1605 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2105,11 +2105,6 @@
     emojibase "^15.0.0"
     emojibase-data "^15.0.0"
 
-"@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm@^4.6.0":
-  version "4.6.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm-4.6.0.tgz#35224214c7638abbe2bc91fb4fa4fb022a1a2bf0"
-  integrity sha512-v9PFWzSTWMlZKbyk3PPsZjUtOEQ7FIz5USD3lFRUWiS4pv0FOKR125VOUnR5Z/kAty57JXCHDAexCln3zE2Fww==
-
 "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm@^4.9.0":
   version "4.9.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm-4.9.0.tgz#9dfed83e33f760650596c4e5c520e5e4c53355d2"
@@ -8260,25 +8255,6 @@ matrix-js-sdk@32.0.0-rc.0:
     unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
     uuid "9"
 
-"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
-  version "31.6.1"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/514633c5fa0d226b686d607e40a238b5a9237f73"
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
-    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm" "^4.6.0"
-    another-json "^0.2.0"
-    bs58 "^5.0.0"
-    content-type "^1.0.4"
-    jwt-decode "^4.0.0"
-    loglevel "^1.7.1"
-    matrix-events-sdk "0.0.1"
-    matrix-widget-api "^1.6.0"
-    oidc-client-ts "^3.0.1"
-    p-retry "4"
-    sdp-transform "^2.14.1"
-    unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
-    uuid "9"
-
 matrix-mock-request@^2.5.0:
   version "2.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-mock-request/-/matrix-mock-request-2.6.0.tgz#0855c10b250668ce542b697251087be2bcc23f92"
@@ -8286,9 +8262,10 @@ matrix-mock-request@^2.5.0:
   dependencies:
     expect "^28.1.0"
 
-"matrix-react-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop":
-  version "3.96.1"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/tar.gz/f8e210f1a0901eb299fcee5381d6cf18f8f22eda"
+matrix-react-sdk@3.97.0-rc.0:
+  version "3.97.0-rc.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-3.97.0-rc.0.tgz#2c7c044ebc6eba1f6d543d8db11e54335c58791f"
+  integrity sha512-WP7N9pOkZRQdesGNkI4Yg9YfarnYYIIbZcOUDpjPVLzkqNiowxLAwqAadIOVz8l9MBbaMKurt0aZJxlrpp3Cvw==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
     "@matrix-org/analytics-events" "^0.12.0"
@@ -8332,7 +8309,7 @@ matrix-mock-request@^2.5.0:
     maplibre-gl "^2.0.0"
     matrix-encrypt-attachment "^1.0.3"
     matrix-events-sdk "0.0.1"
-    matrix-js-sdk "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop"
+    matrix-js-sdk "32.0.0-rc.0"
     matrix-widget-api "^1.5.0"
     memoize-one "^6.0.0"
     minimist "^1.2.5"