diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f5cc71b3bc..0e1f2d9722 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
     "highlight.js": "^9.13.1",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "8.2.0-rc.1",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "3.3.0-rc.1",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.1.4.tgz",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
     "react": "^16.9.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 995edbd2c3..5cdeb76850 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7327,20 +7327,6 @@ matrix-js-sdk@8.2.0-rc.1:
     request "^2.88.0"
     unhomoglyph "^1.0.2"
 
-"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
-  version "8.1.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/64cdd73b93a475d10284977b69ef73138315b3be"
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
-    another-json "^0.2.0"
-    browser-request "^0.3.3"
-    bs58 "^4.0.1"
-    content-type "^1.0.2"
-    loglevel "^1.6.4"
-    qs "^6.5.2"
-    request "^2.88.0"
-    unhomoglyph "^1.0.2"
-
 matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
   version "1.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-mock-request/-/matrix-mock-request-1.2.3.tgz#56b15d86e2601a9b48a854844396d18caab649c8"
@@ -7349,9 +7335,10 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     bluebird "^3.5.0"
     expect "^1.20.2"
 
-"matrix-react-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop":
-  version "3.2.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/tar.gz/c91fc99d4bfd76808c99327979c1b7dbcb9bf093"
+matrix-react-sdk@3.3.0-rc.1:
+  version "3.3.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-3.3.0-rc.1.tgz#05211b733cb8a4d66db5aea3dde0caca231bb8ff"
+  integrity sha512-Lk8R5uWNxLAarc7T4WvKyaH/3G579inJxr742df803F84mUcvUTzho5rsoK6W51WBOGKtTx3Qat3B2Iz0X47YQ==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.10.5"
     await-lock "^2.0.1"
@@ -7379,7 +7366,7 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     is-ip "^2.0.0"
     linkifyjs "^2.1.9"
     lodash "^4.17.19"
-    matrix-js-sdk "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop"
+    matrix-js-sdk "8.2.0-rc.1"
     minimist "^1.2.5"
     pako "^1.0.11"
     parse5 "^5.1.1"
@@ -7396,6 +7383,7 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     react-transition-group "^4.4.1"
     resize-observer-polyfill "^1.5.1"
     sanitize-html "^1.27.1"
+    tar-js "^0.3.0"
     text-encoding-utf-8 "^1.0.2"
     url "^0.11.0"
     velocity-animate "^1.5.2"
@@ -11365,6 +11353,11 @@ tapable@^1.0.0, tapable@^1.1.3:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tapable/-/tapable-1.1.3.tgz#a1fccc06b58db61fd7a45da2da44f5f3a3e67ba2"
   integrity sha512-4WK/bYZmj8xLr+HUCODHGF1ZFzsYffasLUgEiMBY4fgtltdO6B4WJtlSbPaDTLpYTcGVwM2qLnFTICEcNxs3kA==
 
+tar-js@^0.3.0:
+  version "0.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tar-js/-/tar-js-0.3.0.tgz#6949aabfb0ba18bb1562ae51a439fd0f30183a17"
+  integrity sha1-aUmqv7C6GLsVYq5RpDn9DzAYOhc=
+
 tar@^4:
   version "4.4.13"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tar/-/tar-4.4.13.tgz#43b364bc52888d555298637b10d60790254ab525"