diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1c264aea21..70547a757d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
         "jsrsasign": "^10.5.25",
         "katex": "^0.16.0",
-        "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
+        "matrix-js-sdk": "27.2.0-rc.1",
         "matrix-react-sdk": "3.78.0-rc.1",
         "matrix-widget-api": "^1.3.1",
         "react": "17.0.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8239a7ced0..905e4ff297 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8487,25 +8487,6 @@ matrix-js-sdk@27.2.0-rc.1:
     unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
     uuid "9"
 
-"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
-  version "27.1.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/2ef7ae7661b9ac036f50819efd2ae2a72ae61b4d"
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
-    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm" "^1.2.0"
-    another-json "^0.2.0"
-    bs58 "^5.0.0"
-    content-type "^1.0.4"
-    jwt-decode "^3.1.2"
-    loglevel "^1.7.1"
-    matrix-events-sdk "0.0.1"
-    matrix-widget-api "^1.5.0"
-    oidc-client-ts "^2.2.4"
-    p-retry "4"
-    sdp-transform "^2.14.1"
-    unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
-    uuid "9"
-
 matrix-mock-request@^2.5.0:
   version "2.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-mock-request/-/matrix-mock-request-2.6.0.tgz#0855c10b250668ce542b697251087be2bcc23f92"