diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7b8adf631b..b52a932f0e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         "jsrsasign": "^11.0.0",
         "katex": "^0.16.0",
         "lodash": "^4.17.21",
-        "matrix-js-sdk": "31.4.0",
+        "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
         "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
         "matrix-widget-api": "^1.3.1",
         "react": "17.0.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5ecfc5b58e..a63f247838 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2041,11 +2041,6 @@
     emojibase "^15.0.0"
     emojibase-data "^15.0.0"
 
-"@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm@^4.5.0":
-  version "4.5.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm-4.5.0.tgz#f55ae28f2cd1bce14fa98069840dd31b2172732a"
-  integrity sha512-QINqNfBRrkVv9vB+hR+OW4RO6cwf8nt4GEbREiS09L5eUK6xa5REpeXyh7ty1QusYk/DBiNadNcM5ROEPk9dcQ==
-
 "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm@^4.6.0":
   version "4.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm-4.6.0.tgz#35224214c7638abbe2bc91fb4fa4fb022a1a2bf0"
@@ -8605,26 +8600,6 @@ 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@31.4.0:
-  version "31.4.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-31.4.0.tgz#5ce5a9cb4cae6aed3e75b5e43c8f8be29ff4f49c"
-  integrity sha512-KtpBaI9QVL+uW1nfwXdGp2Qr9Z10pd6mCZhxxDi5lIlzx74T5p/w6tDXeQuLG4Ylt3rT8x0LB2DbamUgHUZg5Q==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
-    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm" "^4.5.0"
-    another-json "^0.2.0"
-    bs58 "^5.0.0"
-    content-type "^1.0.4"
-    jwt-decode "^4.0.0"
-    loglevel "^1.7.1"
-    matrix-events-sdk "0.0.1"
-    matrix-widget-api "^1.6.0"
-    oidc-client-ts "^3.0.1"
-    p-retry "4"
-    sdp-transform "^2.14.1"
-    unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
-    uuid "9"
-
 "matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "31.4.0"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/6176faef48e5f952a8be82354874fd87358e97a7"