diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 13103b2b83..6b75935cfa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         "jsrsasign": "^11.0.0",
         "katex": "^0.16.0",
         "lodash": "^4.17.21",
-        "matrix-js-sdk": "34.4.0",
+        "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
         "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
         "matrix-widget-api": "^1.8.2",
         "react": "17.0.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 196483dde2..e69474b6bc 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8194,27 +8194,6 @@ 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@34.4.0:
-  version "34.4.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-34.4.0.tgz#ceb3403c92dbff3b37e776745a2997ee78fa1eac"
-  integrity sha512-bI5xJZS3/qhjPQqQL5HhOQ1iBvnHxiqhS2zgzk9SarEuXiH08wbVl9gAAuDqOYE3miNGs4WQQJ19MoaUEOnNwg==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
-    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm" "^7.0.0"
-    "@matrix-org/olm" "3.2.15"
-    another-json "^0.2.0"
-    bs58 "^6.0.0"
-    content-type "^1.0.4"
-    jwt-decode "^4.0.0"
-    loglevel "^1.7.1"
-    matrix-events-sdk "0.0.1"
-    matrix-widget-api "^1.8.2"
-    oidc-client-ts "^3.0.1"
-    p-retry "4"
-    sdp-transform "^2.14.1"
-    unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
-    uuid "10"
-
 "matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "34.4.0"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/2a6612c73aa7ae8d7f10f426239b2850c86a1ea5"