diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eb234e0573..57e8dd77e3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     "linkifyjs": "^2.1.6",
     "lodash": "^4.17.14",
     "lolex": "4.2",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "2.4.3",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "2.4.4-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 3e43c29ef6..eb72b11793 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5197,10 +5197,10 @@ 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@2.4.3:
-  version "2.4.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-2.4.3.tgz#23b78cc707a02eb0ce7eecb3aa50129e46dd5b6e"
-  integrity sha512-8qTqILd/NmTWF24tpaxmDIzkTk/bZhPD5N8h69PlvJ5Y6kMFctpRj+Tud5zZjl5/yhO07+g+JCyDzg+AagiM/A==
+matrix-js-sdk@2.4.4-rc.1:
+  version "2.4.4-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-2.4.4-rc.1.tgz#5fd33fd11be9eea23cd0d0b8eb79da7a4b6253bf"
+  integrity sha512-Kn94zZMXh2EmihYL3lWNp2lpT7RtqcaUxjkP7H9Mr113swSOXtKr8RWMrvopAIguC1pcLzL+lCk+N8rrML2A4Q==
   dependencies:
     another-json "^0.2.0"
     babel-runtime "^6.26.0"