diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6b1c5bffdf..8b668f7034 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     "highlight.js": "^10.5.0",
     "jsrsasign": "^10.1.5",
     "katex": "^0.12.0",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "9.6.0",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
     "matrix-react-sdk": "3.13.1",
     "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.13",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.2.1.tgz",