diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5575803387..0f0ffe3653 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@
     "gfm.css": "^1.1.1",
     "highlight.js": "^9.0.0",
     "linkifyjs": "^2.1.3",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "0.7.8",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "0.8.9",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
     "modernizr": "^3.1.0",
     "pako": "^1.0.5",
     "q": "^1.4.1",