diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 637c3b3efa..bcc09d65ab 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
     "highlight.js": "^9.13.1",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "3.0.0",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.1.4.tgz",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
     "react": "^16.9.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ddebd67e82..68f2c6ebb2 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7347,21 +7347,6 @@ mathml-tag-names@^2.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mathml-tag-names/-/mathml-tag-names-2.1.3.tgz#4ddadd67308e780cf16a47685878ee27b736a0a3"
   integrity sha512-APMBEanjybaPzUrfqU0IMU5I0AswKMH7k8OTLs0vvV4KZpExkTkY87nR/zpbuTPj+gARop7aGUbl11pnDfW6xg==
 
-matrix-js-sdk@8.0.0:
-  version "8.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-8.0.0.tgz#78efb071ed1f6430553a9d6937d7bcfbae24cce8"
-  integrity sha512-1p0Bv5My0+opkgqq9jGMa8myimGjiuGjzONR9o9i+VY/2hCaT67qIs3oNM3RI+c8sanijr3CHBaeo4tfyXzOuQ==
-  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-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "8.0.0"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/c669382e12c8cd1d7d538421dfad4f50812af44d"
@@ -7384,10 +7369,9 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     bluebird "^3.5.0"
     expect "^1.20.2"
 
-matrix-react-sdk@3.0.0:
+"matrix-react-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop":
   version "3.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-3.0.0.tgz#d7172bee17836409356c9406e7a5a08d7cfd916b"
-  integrity sha512-dIh+I6xuCpwqm+JKGcJam2L30P5VNKPXoBkVltpMmjBtNM390ppu+KyhuPB2D0yXHwzVmAyn38dvHXgAYtK74Q==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/tar.gz/f9540dd7cd67666ad58beac9b11c7bc4a5872673"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.10.5"
     await-lock "^2.0.1"
@@ -7415,7 +7399,7 @@ matrix-react-sdk@3.0.0:
     is-ip "^2.0.0"
     linkifyjs "^2.1.9"
     lodash "^4.17.19"
-    matrix-js-sdk "8.0.0"
+    matrix-js-sdk "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop"
     minimist "^1.2.5"
     pako "^1.0.11"
     parse5 "^5.1.1"