diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f8b4287197..45e83eb7b2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     "katex": "^0.12.0",
     "linkifyjs": "^2.1.9",
     "lodash": "^4.17.20",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "9.10.0-rc.1",
     "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.13",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
     "pako": "^2.0.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 58686248f7..cc79a1c61d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5587,9 +5587,10 @@ 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@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
-  version "9.9.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/cd38fb9b4c349eb31feac14e806e710bf6431b72"
+matrix-js-sdk@9.10.0-rc.1:
+  version "9.10.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-9.10.0-rc.1.tgz#614f9429edc76348deb86ca436897c27d6849eb1"
+  integrity sha512-aJLXIKDcO4aGPU3dSfonYL2MXo2pz3USMqvFTmw5mfdVQKcgo8blHq6l/C8WEBk0r3oJfbG5E4O0HES5rdUSqA==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
     another-json "^0.2.0"