diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 167af30884..fea8eb8941 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     "jsrsasign": "^10.1.5",
     "katex": "^0.12.0",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "3.13.0",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
     "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.13",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.2.1.tgz",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c8d3c47ac6..742047afeb 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7511,21 +7511,6 @@ mathml-tag-names@^2.1.3:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mathml-tag-names/-/mathml-tag-names-2.1.3.tgz#4ddadd67308e780cf16a47685878ee27b736a0a3"
   integrity sha512-APMBEanjybaPzUrfqU0IMU5I0AswKMH7k8OTLs0vvV4KZpExkTkY87nR/zpbuTPj+gARop7aGUbl11pnDfW6xg==
 
-matrix-js-sdk@9.6.0:
-  version "9.6.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-9.6.0.tgz#e3aee2f2a2c395aaa8a90a19023addee7af02099"
-  integrity sha512-zoNqB7z0C0QDncN7yD1K50c4C88VPofWaCQ0gNXqO/Ac1dr/xLF/46iNF9Y+dBwq7siBO9wEh20WFHMaRpeLOg==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
-    another-json "^0.2.0"
-    browser-request "^0.3.3"
-    bs58 "^4.0.1"
-    content-type "^1.0.4"
-    loglevel "^1.7.1"
-    qs "^6.9.6"
-    request "^2.88.2"
-    unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
-
 "matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "9.6.0"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/6ad3fb16b3813c717943f6bc8bca5a55fe325477"
@@ -7548,10 +7533,9 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     bluebird "^3.5.0"
     expect "^1.20.2"
 
-matrix-react-sdk@3.13.0:
+"matrix-react-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop":
   version "3.13.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-3.13.0.tgz#6c34adc190338434849f946480e323d6d0c6f02d"
-  integrity sha512-G+9uLf07qIrpkLgtdhHkKhbNRvg6lX2xzXNwoi0pIn5L4MZmCrEmuixyCF0BVd8o8sYN2QMPeVTVSvLAl3BQHg==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/tar.gz/bd538823cfc1046ce2577385a4ffdecca67e52f3"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
     await-lock "^2.1.0"
@@ -7579,7 +7563,7 @@ matrix-react-sdk@3.13.0:
     katex "^0.12.0"
     linkifyjs "^2.1.9"
     lodash "^4.17.20"
-    matrix-js-sdk "9.6.0"
+    matrix-js-sdk "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop"
     matrix-widget-api "^0.1.0-beta.13"
     minimist "^1.2.5"
     pako "^2.0.3"