diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 129759525c..40b6b0d774 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         "maplibre-gl": "^2.0.0",
         "matrix-encrypt-attachment": "^1.0.3",
         "matrix-events-sdk": "0.0.1",
-        "matrix-js-sdk": "25.0.0-rc.1",
+        "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
         "matrix-widget-api": "^1.3.1",
         "minimist": "^1.2.5",
         "opus-recorder": "^8.0.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5d56a18701..675e4d2db0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1567,10 +1567,10 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/analytics-events/-/analytics-events-0.5.0.tgz#38b69c4e29d243944c5712cca7b674a3432056e6"
   integrity sha512-uL5kf7MqC+GxsGJtimPVbFliyaFinohTHSzohz31JTysktHsjRR2SC+vV7sy2/dstTWVdG9EGOnohyPsB+oi3A==
 
-"@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js@^0.1.0-alpha.6":
-  version "0.1.0-alpha.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-js-0.1.0-alpha.6.tgz#c0bdb9ab0d30179b8ef744d1b4010b0ad0ab9c3a"
-  integrity sha512-7hMffzw7KijxDyyH/eUyTfrLeCQHuyU3kaPOKGhcl3DZ3vx7bCncqjGMGTnxNPoP23I6gosvKSbO+3wYOT24Xg==
+"@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js@^0.1.0-alpha.7":
+  version "0.1.0-alpha.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-js-0.1.0-alpha.7.tgz#136375b84fd8a7e698f70fc969f668e541a61313"
+  integrity sha512-sQEG9cSfNji5NYBf5h7j5IxYVO0dwtAKoetaVyR+LhIXz/Su7zyEE3EwlAWAeJOFdAV/vZ5LTNyh39xADuNlTg==
 
 "@matrix-org/matrix-wysiwyg@^2.0.0":
   version "2.0.0"
@@ -6418,13 +6418,12 @@ 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@25.0.0-rc.1:
-  version "25.0.0-rc.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-25.0.0-rc.1.tgz#e777dd291a61c6034590880c7ab375fa85d9afc5"
-  integrity sha512-B1aE1pTWC1e0hPBnzfwhFYcBmkHqysF9ctWzc+gzizJSGz1y+Q3noOMYfOQ9GSHcs2B7C1sy1M5KNhDk85Wwfg==
+"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
+  version "25.0.0"
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/e3498f0668e30cd545cf0614e6e6e9203a9e359d"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
-    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js" "^0.1.0-alpha.6"
+    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js" "^0.1.0-alpha.7"
     another-json "^0.2.0"
     bs58 "^5.0.0"
     content-type "^1.0.4"