diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1ff0fb6f55..29e4809e49 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     "is-ip": "^2.0.0",
     "linkifyjs": "^2.1.6",
     "lodash": "^4.17.14",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "5.2.0-rc.1",
     "minimist": "^1.2.0",
     "pako": "^1.0.5",
     "png-chunks-extract": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 582d89137e..04dcab02ed 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5689,9 +5689,10 @@ mathml-tag-names@^2.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mathml-tag-names/-/mathml-tag-names-2.1.3.tgz#4ddadd67308e780cf16a47685878ee27b736a0a3"
   integrity sha512-APMBEanjybaPzUrfqU0IMU5I0AswKMH7k8OTLs0vvV4KZpExkTkY87nR/zpbuTPj+gARop7aGUbl11pnDfW6xg==
 
-"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
-  version "5.1.1"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/b2e154377a4268441a3b27b183dd7f7018187035"
+matrix-js-sdk@5.2.0-rc.1:
+  version "5.2.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-5.2.0-rc.1.tgz#014239eb713ea3b648b7a573785d01edff1efd03"
+  integrity sha512-Jv/0kyZEtkfrD6mlq3g2YoFI2+eOBFOz5D186jJAvFg1W7UaQ5gn6iualR+2AKa1AIk2AT6lDcgPb1djZ7/3Vw==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
     another-json "^0.2.0"