diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b4ec36dad7..ae76717b0a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     "linkifyjs": "^2.1.6",
     "lodash": "^4.17.14",
     "lolex": "2.3.2",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "2.2.0",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "2.3.0-rc.1",
     "optimist": "^0.6.1",
     "pako": "^1.0.5",
     "png-chunks-extract": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7d1ed378af..fc21dcffc2 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4958,10 +4958,10 @@ mathml-tag-names@^2.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mathml-tag-names/-/mathml-tag-names-2.1.1.tgz#6dff66c99d55ecf739ca53c492e626f1d12a33cc"
   integrity sha512-pWB896KPGSGkp1XtyzRBftpTzwSOL0Gfk0wLvxt4f2mgzjY19o0LxJ3U25vNWTzsh7da+KTbuXQoQ3lOJZ8WHw==
 
-matrix-js-sdk@2.2.0:
-  version "2.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-2.2.0.tgz#c96a2caa4c92e5998443027579d7e76d4bcd4d21"
-  integrity sha512-gab7wuscgTKbXY5x136t9qSnDbOuq785ezd++NoFLEau0YjDos0YKolAm0TValUC9LY30CoVqqMfyPJ68CMezQ==
+matrix-js-sdk@2.3.0-rc.1:
+  version "2.3.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-2.3.0-rc.1.tgz#fe90e3c60f17dacea6454786269a1ba497d8d401"
+  integrity sha512-lxk/aBNrTklG5Ya8vhc8kbBL2jrPU1vvDZ87GXVMGL3L1Cg3oNnClJXqyf/MwnY8egfqHWLrMsQRSerOPVgnEQ==
   dependencies:
     another-json "^0.2.0"
     babel-runtime "^6.26.0"