diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3d7de447db..50b3388cb5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
     "highlight.js": "^9.13.1",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "7.0.0",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "2.8.0-rc.1",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "2.8.0",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.1.4.tgz",
     "postcss-easings": "^2.0.0",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 3fc8e16638..08538ae9cf 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6988,21 +6988,6 @@ matrix-js-sdk@7.0.0:
     request "^2.88.0"
     unhomoglyph "^1.0.2"
 
-matrix-js-sdk@7.0.0-rc.1:
-  version "7.0.0-rc.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-7.0.0-rc.1.tgz#95a258218f5c5ec73ec4be510b28768c35809a0b"
-  integrity sha512-1znl0d2UxU6Mmimy+pMSQP1lQfsmDb9jxiKV5sfMvTBsLtUE2cTqEBVDNVoOHL4UJ9U4oMLsrBgu3sELkgSJLQ==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
-    another-json "^0.2.0"
-    browser-request "^0.3.3"
-    bs58 "^4.0.1"
-    content-type "^1.0.2"
-    loglevel "^1.6.4"
-    qs "^6.5.2"
-    request "^2.88.0"
-    unhomoglyph "^1.0.2"
-
 matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
   version "1.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-mock-request/-/matrix-mock-request-1.2.3.tgz#56b15d86e2601a9b48a854844396d18caab649c8"
@@ -7011,10 +6996,10 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     bluebird "^3.5.0"
     expect "^1.20.2"
 
-matrix-react-sdk@2.8.0-rc.1:
-  version "2.8.0-rc.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-2.8.0-rc.1.tgz#ad4ec33606bb0126b1fbe9263927e26f9fc18d5a"
-  integrity sha512-a7HunK6FVLpasLZV5pNwis1CkQTC+dpXf2jyZ8frHSASLFkwlRMey9Jt6YG5xGMfzuYC17Y7DOesJ37Jk+bmUw==
+matrix-react-sdk@2.8.0:
+  version "2.8.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-2.8.0.tgz#f020bfa29b7f2830815c3096d28b462c41686913"
+  integrity sha512-C/c4GNMtG3jGXC6QDebVQ6CzwgLzn/WuMsVUZJQBrFGjHsByMv7WmXVaLDbWYJh/qS/V+nL/Mz5Wm6hqeUUTFQ==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
     await-lock "^2.0.1"
@@ -7042,7 +7027,7 @@ matrix-react-sdk@2.8.0-rc.1:
     is-ip "^2.0.0"
     linkifyjs "^2.1.6"
     lodash "^4.17.14"
-    matrix-js-sdk "7.0.0-rc.1"
+    matrix-js-sdk "7.0.0"
     minimist "^1.2.0"
     pako "^1.0.5"
     parse5 "^5.1.1"