diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d5175776ef..57096532a5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     "is-ip": "^2.0.0",
     "linkifyjs": "^2.1.6",
     "lodash": "^4.17.14",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "7.1.0",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
     "minimist": "^1.2.0",
     "pako": "^1.0.5",
     "parse5": "^5.1.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ddf51c3fac..f3dc163b00 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5844,10 +5844,9 @@ mathml-tag-names@^2.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mathml-tag-names/-/mathml-tag-names-2.1.3.tgz#4ddadd67308e780cf16a47685878ee27b736a0a3"
   integrity sha512-APMBEanjybaPzUrfqU0IMU5I0AswKMH7k8OTLs0vvV4KZpExkTkY87nR/zpbuTPj+gARop7aGUbl11pnDfW6xg==
 
-matrix-js-sdk@7.1.0:
+"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "7.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-7.1.0.tgz#b3e3304e890df45c827706831748935168ee839f"
-  integrity sha512-Y+MdOfsVQRGx0KcwSdNtwsFNGWUF7Zi7wPxUSa050J8eBlbkXUNFAyuSWviLJ5pUwzmp9XMEKD9Cdv+tGZG1ww==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/2a688bdac828dc62916437d83c72cef1e525d5f9"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
     another-json "^0.2.0"