diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 44e082b1e2..ff5e83f7cd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         "jsrsasign": "^11.0.0",
         "katex": "^0.16.0",
         "lodash": "^4.17.21",
-        "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
+        "matrix-js-sdk": "33.0.0-rc.0",
         "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
         "matrix-widget-api": "^1.3.1",
         "react": "17.0.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ae16d1b322..ceb9cf2217 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2213,6 +2213,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm-4.9.0.tgz#9dfed83e33f760650596c4e5c520e5e4c53355d2"
   integrity sha512-/bgA4QfE7qkK6GFr9hnhjAvRSebGrmEJxukU0ukbudZcYvbzymoBBM8j3HeULXZT8kbw8WH6z63txYTMCBSDOA==
 
+"@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm@^5.0.0":
+  version "5.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm-5.0.0.tgz#f45a7bccaad218c05bcf9e7c8ca783c9d9a07af4"
+  integrity sha512-37ASjCKSTU5ycGfkP+LUXG4Ok6OAf6vE+1qU6uwWhe6FwadCS3vVWzJYd/3d9BQFwsx4GhFTIAXrW4iLG85rmQ==
+
 "@matrix-org/matrix-wysiwyg@2.17.0":
   version "2.17.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-wysiwyg/-/matrix-wysiwyg-2.17.0.tgz#68c83da17826fb43828f0c1ddd8d6e0b9d155ae5"
@@ -8402,6 +8407,26 @@ matrix-events-sdk@0.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-events-sdk/-/matrix-events-sdk-0.0.1.tgz#c8c38911e2cb29023b0bbac8d6f32e0de2c957dd"
   integrity sha512-1QEOsXO+bhyCroIe2/A5OwaxHvBm7EsSQ46DEDn8RBIfQwN5HWBpFvyWWR4QY0KHPPnnJdI99wgRiAl7Ad5qaA==
 
+matrix-js-sdk@33.0.0-rc.0:
+  version "33.0.0-rc.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-33.0.0-rc.0.tgz#f4d5d2148669edeadc870245850c17a88c826251"
+  integrity sha512-QpciVF6ZOYgTjnR+Og0LvVivGfSube4vmF9qGcdRvqmwc3xK0w5pFW2D8y/pZdzQ8gYfD/LGIG9GkbtW3TrYKA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
+    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm" "^5.0.0"
+    another-json "^0.2.0"
+    bs58 "^5.0.0"
+    content-type "^1.0.4"
+    jwt-decode "^4.0.0"
+    loglevel "^1.7.1"
+    matrix-events-sdk "0.0.1"
+    matrix-widget-api "^1.6.0"
+    oidc-client-ts "^3.0.1"
+    p-retry "4"
+    sdp-transform "^2.14.1"
+    unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
+    uuid "9"
+
 "matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "32.4.0"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/a49bc3ddf4a8ba8566172da11602d4cbba7d5230"