diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e34b7118d3..b6a55b975c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     "maplibre-gl": "^1.15.2",
     "matrix-analytics-events": "github:matrix-org/matrix-analytics-events.git#bdabdd63280f052cedeeb0c25443f3d55f7c7108",
     "matrix-events-sdk": "^0.0.1-beta.6",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "15.5.1",
+    "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 233af49c2a..241cb300bf 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6258,10 +6258,9 @@ 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@15.5.1:
+"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "15.5.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-15.5.1.tgz#fb67b7f8c74414af71790d1ac0dbb99c1281ec2e"
-  integrity sha512-7oCrDRZ5NxfimfZgw9cM9a89WxBj1i3cDiwb8PLNv7KnYgnI6z06WUwha2EhohTUd2v69h2AdXSZi2jD6QuHBA==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/2fd08d72dc905e1159176d6fd3afe834261ac6e0"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
     another-json "^0.2.0"