diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e596a643a6..69fe175d72 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": "6.2.1",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
     "minimist": "^1.2.0",
     "pako": "^1.0.5",
     "parse5": "^5.1.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ddacd2658d..475c0fda2d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3155,15 +3155,15 @@ emoji-regex@^8.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/emoji-regex/-/emoji-regex-8.0.0.tgz#e818fd69ce5ccfcb404594f842963bf53164cc37"
   integrity sha512-MSjYzcWNOA0ewAHpz0MxpYFvwg6yjy1NG3xteoqz644VCo/RPgnr1/GGt+ic3iJTzQ8Eu3TdM14SawnVUmGE6A==
 
-emojibase-data@^5.0.1:
-  version "5.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/emojibase-data/-/emojibase-data-5.0.1.tgz#ce6fe36b4affd3578e0be8779211018a2fdae960"
-  integrity sha512-rYWlogJ2q5P78U8Xx1vhsXHcYKu1wFnr7+o6z9QHssZ1SsJLTCkJINZIPHRFWuDreAUK457TkqHpdOXElu0fzA==
+emojibase-data@^4.0.2:
+  version "4.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/emojibase-data/-/emojibase-data-4.2.1.tgz#3d1f0c69ddbb2ca7b7014f5e34654190802a40df"
+  integrity sha512-O0vxoPMgVkRq/uII/gdAjz9RwNv6ClJrd3J9QCCRC4btZRmeut/qohC/Fi+NNXUcjY08RWNTvxSnq/vij8hvrw==
 
-emojibase-regex@^4.0.1:
-  version "4.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/emojibase-regex/-/emojibase-regex-4.0.1.tgz#a2cd4bbb42825422da9ec72f15e970bc2c90b46a"
-  integrity sha512-S42UHkFfz15i4NNz+wi9iMKFo+B6Kalc6PJLpYX0BUANViXw4vSyYZMFdBGRLduSabWHuEcTLZl9xOa2YP3eJw==
+emojibase-regex@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/emojibase-regex/-/emojibase-regex-3.2.1.tgz#122935958c9a49c96bb29ac69ccbbac0b2e7022d"
+  integrity sha512-VAX2Rc2U/alu5q6P2cET2alzC63o1Uarm6Ea/b3ab+KOzxZT4JKmB0tCU1sTZvfNKa16KMLCK2k7hJBHJq4vWQ==
 
 emojis-list@^2.0.0:
   version "2.1.0"
@@ -5801,10 +5801,9 @@ 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@6.2.1:
+"matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "6.2.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-6.2.1.tgz#d5f76491a650c0a36fcdd078cff59f2da96edd7b"
-  integrity sha512-X12Y2SMg8MOJwE5P3VMsMV/mnQHOmyJkF+FZRida124w4B4tBJouaNxteYyYaH34w+wyaKGxuqEBXecfSpfvbw==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/ebe66bdd6e0f6edbc60be1612c5a1fc0c9ea092c"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
     another-json "^0.2.0"