diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5f9b7dde1f..98d7f7a6fa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     "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": "7.0.0-rc.1",
     "minimist": "^1.2.0",
     "pako": "^1.0.5",
     "parse5": "^5.1.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d2d53692b5..2bb99f4602 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5820,9 +5820,10 @@ 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 "6.2.2"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/1c194e81637fb07fe6ad67cda33be0d5d4c10115"
+matrix-js-sdk@7.0.0-rc.1:
+  version "7.0.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-7.0.0-rc.1.tgz#95a258218f5c5ec73ec4be510b28768c35809a0b"
+  integrity sha512-1znl0d2UxU6Mmimy+pMSQP1lQfsmDb9jxiKV5sfMvTBsLtUE2cTqEBVDNVoOHL4UJ9U4oMLsrBgu3sELkgSJLQ==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
     another-json "^0.2.0"