diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5c884b0585..b94851503e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     "maplibre-gl": "^1.15.2",
     "matrix-analytics-events": "github:matrix-org/matrix-analytics-events.git#1eab4356548c97722a183912fda1ceabbe8cc7c1",
     "matrix-events-sdk": "^0.0.1-beta.6",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "15.5.0",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
     "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.18",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
     "opus-recorder": "^8.0.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 186f54bbb0..113d7eeb13 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6223,10 +6223,9 @@ matrix-events-sdk@^0.0.1-beta.6:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-events-sdk/-/matrix-events-sdk-0.0.1-beta.6.tgz#9001090ed2e2bf29efc113d6b29871bcc6520749"
   integrity sha512-VMqPXe3Bg4R9yC9PNqGv6bDFwWlVYadYxp0Ke1ihhXUCpGcx7e28kOYcqK2T3RxLXK4KK7VH4JRbY53Do3r+Fw==
 
-matrix-js-sdk@15.5.0:
+"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "15.5.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-15.5.0.tgz#747b3af4b5e1361e6404d88ac88c5518a4f751d3"
-  integrity sha512-Y8BoJ5xEejTeO2vwGrE4hNrSSOKLP6/brqeTy+gjjgti/PUhf+foC+ww9lHv7MqiNYFl9a/8tBf3crhU8+3jVw==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/cf8d2bf6efc5c6cebd87926c1c8041363c0ff350"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
     another-json "^0.2.0"