diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b257183907..9aa685448b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
         "jsrsasign": "^10.5.25",
         "katex": "^0.16.0",
-        "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
+        "matrix-js-sdk": "26.2.0-rc.1",
         "matrix-react-sdk": "3.75.0-rc.1",
         "matrix-widget-api": "^1.3.1",
         "react": "17.0.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f7edad3e50..9cc78cc125 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1586,11 +1586,6 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/analytics-events/-/analytics-events-0.5.0.tgz#38b69c4e29d243944c5712cca7b674a3432056e6"
   integrity sha512-uL5kf7MqC+GxsGJtimPVbFliyaFinohTHSzohz31JTysktHsjRR2SC+vV7sy2/dstTWVdG9EGOnohyPsB+oi3A==
 
-"@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js@^0.1.0-alpha.10":
-  version "0.1.0-alpha.10"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-js-0.1.0-alpha.10.tgz#b6a6395cffd3197ae2e0a88f4eeae8b315571fd2"
-  integrity sha512-8V2NKuzGOFzEZeZVgF2is7gmuopdRbMZ064tzPDE0vN34iX6s3O8A4oxIT7SA3qtymwm3t1yEvTnT+0gfbmh4g==
-
 "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js@^0.1.0-alpha.11":
   version "0.1.0-alpha.11"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-js-0.1.0-alpha.11.tgz#24d705318c3159ef7dbe43bca464ac2bdd11e45d"
@@ -8377,23 +8372,6 @@ matrix-js-sdk@26.2.0-rc.1:
     unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
     uuid "9"
 
-"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
-  version "26.1.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/b77fe465f75fc0c273e22d6ff8bde658f35a68b6"
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
-    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js" "^0.1.0-alpha.10"
-    another-json "^0.2.0"
-    bs58 "^5.0.0"
-    content-type "^1.0.4"
-    loglevel "^1.7.1"
-    matrix-events-sdk "0.0.1"
-    matrix-widget-api "^1.3.1"
-    p-retry "4"
-    sdp-transform "^2.14.1"
-    unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
-    uuid "9"
-
 matrix-mock-request@^2.5.0:
   version "2.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-mock-request/-/matrix-mock-request-2.6.0.tgz#0855c10b250668ce542b697251087be2bcc23f92"