diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 957982c474..6d2338dc57 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     "maplibre-gl": "^1.15.2",
     "matrix-analytics-events": "github:matrix-org/matrix-analytics-events.git#daad3faed54f0b1f1e026a7498b4653e4d01cd90",
     "matrix-events-sdk": "^0.0.1-beta.7",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "16.0.0-rc.1",
     "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.18",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
     "opus-recorder": "^8.0.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1b46271303..cadeb4418a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6270,14 +6270,10 @@ matrix-events-sdk@^0.0.1-beta.7:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-events-sdk/-/matrix-events-sdk-0.0.1-beta.7.tgz#5ffe45eba1f67cc8d7c2377736c728b322524934"
   integrity sha512-9jl4wtWanUFSy2sr2lCjErN/oC8KTAtaeaozJtrgot1JiQcEI4Rda9OLgQ7nLKaqb4Z/QUx/fR3XpDzm5Jy1JA==
 
-matrix-events-sdk@^0.0.1-beta.7:
-  version "0.0.1-beta.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-events-sdk/-/matrix-events-sdk-0.0.1-beta.7.tgz#5ffe45eba1f67cc8d7c2377736c728b322524934"
-  integrity sha512-9jl4wtWanUFSy2sr2lCjErN/oC8KTAtaeaozJtrgot1JiQcEI4Rda9OLgQ7nLKaqb4Z/QUx/fR3XpDzm5Jy1JA==
-
-"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
-  version "15.5.1"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/2fd08d72dc905e1159176d6fd3afe834261ac6e0"
+matrix-js-sdk@16.0.0-rc.1:
+  version "16.0.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-16.0.0-rc.1.tgz#ab89d0c1e73e8dda7bd550b5c8f69c57ec157772"
+  integrity sha512-cj3AtDvHzxSCKhGDtFUMoIMXCuxZ8RWNcci/vusasltqxlDxzh9EanNStPyvLPim9FWWA3B+JV7fyLgBQ4avIw==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
     another-json "^0.2.0"