diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ce8bba863a..02ef89be39 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     "is-ip": "^2.0.0",
     "linkifyjs": "^2.1.9",
     "lodash": "^4.17.19",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "8.0.0",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
     "pako": "^1.0.11",
     "parse5": "^5.1.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4839c40748..7ab5e24145 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6465,10 +6465,9 @@ mathml-tag-names@^2.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mathml-tag-names/-/mathml-tag-names-2.1.3.tgz#4ddadd67308e780cf16a47685878ee27b736a0a3"
   integrity sha512-APMBEanjybaPzUrfqU0IMU5I0AswKMH7k8OTLs0vvV4KZpExkTkY87nR/zpbuTPj+gARop7aGUbl11pnDfW6xg==
 
-matrix-js-sdk@8.0.0:
+"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "8.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-8.0.0.tgz#78efb071ed1f6430553a9d6937d7bcfbae24cce8"
-  integrity sha512-1p0Bv5My0+opkgqq9jGMa8myimGjiuGjzONR9o9i+VY/2hCaT67qIs3oNM3RI+c8sanijr3CHBaeo4tfyXzOuQ==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/c669382e12c8cd1d7d538421dfad4f50812af44d"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
     another-json "^0.2.0"