diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 392a8a8984..9660b5fbe1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     "highlight.js": "^10.5.0",
     "jsrsasign": "^10.1.5",
     "katex": "^0.12.0",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "9.6.0-rc.1",
     "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
     "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.12",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.2.1.tgz",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e159799227..f88223582c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7511,6 +7511,21 @@ 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-rc.1:
+  version "9.6.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-9.6.0-rc.1.tgz#f5dd325b9b5c5b3fdf5199351ab51ecab1b2113c"
+  integrity sha512-Da5C4uTm7LRfjyb9pM7dbmkwFVVYH8HdjRa7rpaRP9elHwptJmAeoKEzPU5HcPkFFNQbBy11Kq+58IgKcVpwKA==
+  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 "9.5.1"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/7cfbd0da95edc66671e166aa83145b5e17ca76fc"