diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 356d39285d..15e19a79ba 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         "maplibre-gl": "^2.0.0",
         "matrix-encrypt-attachment": "^1.0.3",
         "matrix-events-sdk": "0.0.1",
-        "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
+        "matrix-js-sdk": "25.2.0-rc.2",
         "matrix-widget-api": "^1.3.1",
         "memoize-one": "^6.0.0",
         "minimist": "^1.2.5",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f3941238f7..b9733e1157 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1581,10 +1581,10 @@
   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.8":
-  version "0.1.0-alpha.8"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-js-0.1.0-alpha.8.tgz#18dd8e7fb56602d2999d8a502b49e902a2bb3782"
-  integrity sha512-hdmbbGXKrN6JNo3wdBaR5Zs3lXlzllT3U43ViNTlabB3nKkOZQnEAN/Isv+4EQSgz1+8897veI9Q8sqlQX22oA==
+"@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js@^0.1.0-alpha.9":
+  version "0.1.0-alpha.9"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-js-0.1.0-alpha.9.tgz#00bc266781502641a661858a5a521dd4d95275fc"
+  integrity sha512-g5cjpFwA9h0CbEGoAqNVI2QcyDsbI8FHoLo9+OXWHIezEKITsSv78mc5ilIwN+2YpmVlH0KNeQWTHw4vi0BMnw==
 
 "@matrix-org/matrix-wysiwyg@^2.0.0":
   version "2.0.0"
@@ -6488,12 +6488,13 @@ matrix-events-sdk@0.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-events-sdk/-/matrix-events-sdk-0.0.1.tgz#c8c38911e2cb29023b0bbac8d6f32e0de2c957dd"
   integrity sha512-1QEOsXO+bhyCroIe2/A5OwaxHvBm7EsSQ46DEDn8RBIfQwN5HWBpFvyWWR4QY0KHPPnnJdI99wgRiAl7Ad5qaA==
 
-"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
-  version "25.1.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/73ca9c9ed28847454e13da358c581769e695ff42"
+matrix-js-sdk@25.2.0-rc.2:
+  version "25.2.0-rc.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-25.2.0-rc.2.tgz#e0c41992609e48e0a630ad3dac2366878255051a"
+  integrity sha512-KpSa2VcCSir3UQySJnFx7iECZa2yT0t1OMv9tgmY4LM6u5hkUmqV03QbcBbl9VPtH8secg6Q4kwrDPi/LlVWpQ==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
-    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js" "^0.1.0-alpha.8"
+    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js" "^0.1.0-alpha.9"
     another-json "^0.2.0"
     bs58 "^5.0.0"
     content-type "^1.0.4"