diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6c1d618b64..116c693a87 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
     "highlight.js": "^9.13.1",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "2.8.0",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.1.4.tgz",
     "postcss-easings": "^2.0.0",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2681d500c7..0a745f55df 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6973,21 +6973,6 @@ 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@7.0.0:
-  version "7.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-7.0.0.tgz#da2b24e57574379c3d8f7065eb68ea6c479d9806"
-  integrity sha512-0i1NmfwS5HzEPPjqUAXpw81o+8DImBS67QQBemJiM6D/imU3KFBacdhkmgjMLKXnAfTy6a+aCGfYBfVolfmNQw==
-  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 "7.0.0"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/f683f4544aa5da150836b01c754062809119fa97"
@@ -7010,10 +6995,9 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     bluebird "^3.5.0"
     expect "^1.20.2"
 
-matrix-react-sdk@2.8.0:
+"matrix-react-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop":
   version "2.8.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-2.8.0.tgz#f020bfa29b7f2830815c3096d28b462c41686913"
-  integrity sha512-C/c4GNMtG3jGXC6QDebVQ6CzwgLzn/WuMsVUZJQBrFGjHsByMv7WmXVaLDbWYJh/qS/V+nL/Mz5Wm6hqeUUTFQ==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/tar.gz/6739c90f442450f4cf036e777bb66cbbe32cbe0b"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
     await-lock "^2.0.1"
@@ -7041,7 +7025,7 @@ matrix-react-sdk@2.8.0:
     is-ip "^2.0.0"
     linkifyjs "^2.1.6"
     lodash "^4.17.14"
-    matrix-js-sdk "7.0.0"
+    matrix-js-sdk "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop"
     minimist "^1.2.0"
     pako "^1.0.5"
     parse5 "^5.1.1"