diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 67da019f3d..b22dc70124 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     "jsrsasign": "^10.1.5",
     "katex": "^0.12.0",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "3.16.0",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
     "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.13",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.2.1.tgz",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ad171226f7..e669443d18 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7506,21 +7506,6 @@ mathml-tag-names@^2.1.3:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mathml-tag-names/-/mathml-tag-names-2.1.3.tgz#4ddadd67308e780cf16a47685878ee27b736a0a3"
   integrity sha512-APMBEanjybaPzUrfqU0IMU5I0AswKMH7k8OTLs0vvV4KZpExkTkY87nR/zpbuTPj+gARop7aGUbl11pnDfW6xg==
 
-matrix-js-sdk@9.9.0:
-  version "9.9.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-9.9.0.tgz#30c46419c026fcad0ff25aea9417b77921f64c6d"
-  integrity sha512-rgy9b8D+GzjK3wfdmxDr42fxNV13fK12cvQD1qnsFzqPyJGeg++cazH/+7HxL/uuW/WQR6HAmfc7wo9VQegWtg==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
-    another-json "^0.2.0"
-    browser-request "^0.3.3"
-    bs58 "^4.0.1"
-    content-type "^1.0.4"
-    loglevel "^1.7.1"
-    qs "^6.9.6"
-    request "^2.88.2"
-    unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
-
 "matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "9.9.0"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/cd38fb9b4c349eb31feac14e806e710bf6431b72"
@@ -7543,10 +7528,9 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     bluebird "^3.5.0"
     expect "^1.20.2"
 
-matrix-react-sdk@3.16.0:
+"matrix-react-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop":
   version "3.16.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-3.16.0.tgz#6c5e05c209a2a5af05b7c1d1f8870975ce2d28a0"
-  integrity sha512-0uxrNmqFUrrBcCJ5OgGUPwDpW5H4eMAGvLVOC4CRnS/avp19vGOzDol3WTNlcoblftVZjkAr6f1cnCpOzMi2FA==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/tar.gz/3154dd6cd441b7710a525e75512e1665adf60746"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
     await-lock "^2.1.0"
@@ -7574,7 +7558,7 @@ matrix-react-sdk@3.16.0:
     katex "^0.12.0"
     linkifyjs "^2.1.9"
     lodash "^4.17.20"
-    matrix-js-sdk "9.9.0"
+    matrix-js-sdk "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop"
     matrix-widget-api "^0.1.0-beta.13"
     minimist "^1.2.5"
     pako "^2.0.3"