diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 596dbe7c3b..e3e9017e48 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     "browser-request": "^0.3.3",
     "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
     "highlight.js": "^9.13.1",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "7.0.0",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
     "matrix-react-sdk": "2.8.1",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.1.4.tgz",
     "postcss-easings": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 88c3d1ef4f..f51b597c7e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6975,7 +6975,7 @@ mathml-tag-names@^2.1.1:
 
 "matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "7.0.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/f683f4544aa5da150836b01c754062809119fa97"
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/68c7273f56d5e88b9af783c396963d03e2de4a92"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
     another-json "^0.2.0"
@@ -7026,7 +7026,7 @@ matrix-react-sdk@2.8.1:
     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 "7.0.0"
     minimist "^1.2.0"
     pako "^1.0.5"
     parse5 "^5.1.1"