diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dfac6b656d..7c0905cafb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
         "jsrsasign": "^10.5.25",
         "katex": "^0.16.0",
-        "matrix-js-sdk": "23.1.0",
+        "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
         "matrix-react-sdk": "3.64.0",
         "matrix-widget-api": "^1.1.1",
         "react": "17.0.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5e4048d97e..57ac3f8d4d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8181,6 +8181,23 @@ matrix-js-sdk@23.1.0:
     unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
     uuid "9"
 
+"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
+  version "23.1.0"
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/2fcc4811dd913bb774dd1c7f67cb693c4456d71e"
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
+    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-js" "^0.1.0-alpha.2"
+    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 "^1.0.0"
+    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"