diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e86b202e76..d2bb2598cd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     "jsrsasign": "^10.2.0",
     "katex": "^0.12.0",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "12.2.0-rc.1",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "3.27.0-rc.1",
     "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.15",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
     "react": "^17.0.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0e36f29514..382257fd40 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7293,21 +7293,6 @@ 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@12.1.0:
-  version "12.1.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/e85038e88898a3a1be432fc3d53d540c8250c021"
-  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"
-    p-retry "^4.5.0"
-    qs "^6.9.6"
-    request "^2.88.2"
-    unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
-
 matrix-js-sdk@12.2.0-rc.1:
   version "12.2.0-rc.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-12.2.0-rc.1.tgz#fbbb462dd98c64edb6f4bcd5403d802c98625f01"
@@ -7332,9 +7317,10 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     bluebird "^3.5.0"
     expect "^1.20.2"
 
-"matrix-react-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop":
-  version "3.26.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/tar.gz/80e64601a970d972d02df286abb8de3d3f231eba"
+matrix-react-sdk@3.27.0-rc.1:
+  version "3.27.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-3.27.0-rc.1.tgz#acd4ee14759b3ff49393257743a5189abf2bbfc5"
+  integrity sha512-vQnXsRYM9tAVndiDEkVf2gT7lAnZZGrp8leBxcH91WIGKGVrWO1RvBBW/utYF+fGD2Kn27xrq9C05ZLeu9wLFA==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
     await-lock "^2.1.0"
@@ -7362,7 +7348,7 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     katex "^0.12.0"
     linkifyjs "^2.1.9"
     lodash "^4.17.20"
-    matrix-js-sdk "12.1.0"
+    matrix-js-sdk "12.2.0-rc.1"
     matrix-widget-api "^0.1.0-beta.15"
     minimist "^1.2.5"
     opus-recorder "^8.0.3"