diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1433e45a44..599f61dc38 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     "katex": "^0.12.0",
     "linkifyjs": "^2.1.9",
     "lodash": "^4.17.20",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "14.0.1",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
     "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.16",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
     "opus-recorder": "^8.0.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index dea4566b59..3d39a5344c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5840,10 +5840,9 @@ 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@14.0.1:
+"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "14.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-14.0.1.tgz#5984d9fafb2eda435fbe7d04a0daf37b48d595fd"
-  integrity sha512-+x+TaftVUXY8otBBSEHuVQp1B9UACEcHuKxmocFN/cmsjJGlk3z8hmthMbwnyq3HyOX9apme1TdbqqsoC2IlWg==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/e7b41fadd0d6eda7423a369c99ec7b94afd48d5d"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
     another-json "^0.2.0"