diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c0e489515e..fa4535935b 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": "6.2.0-rc.1",
     "minimist": "^1.2.0",
     "pako": "^1.0.5",
     "parse5": "^5.1.1",
@@ -164,7 +164,9 @@
     "testMatch": [
       "<rootDir>/test/**/*-test.js"
     ],
-    "setupFiles": ["jest-canvas-mock"],
+    "setupFiles": [
+      "jest-canvas-mock"
+    ],
     "setupFilesAfterEnv": [
       "<rootDir>/test/setupTests.js"
     ],
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d9423fc5ab..3a3fca0fcc 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5801,9 +5801,10 @@ 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 "6.1.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/a4a7097c103da42075f2c70e070fd01fa6fb0d48"
+matrix-js-sdk@6.2.0-rc.1:
+  version "6.2.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-6.2.0-rc.1.tgz#467cc1dc9f59a95573da8bc5f9eeef76e5fdd792"
+  integrity sha512-bAg8muF2xP6kXLpbDSSWRTvkxV7QoF8H14RmMxAu4IWuQg/WB7BFcG7JZyGwyOD7gmPVPMIw8mHXGkUuh1mKtA==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
     another-json "^0.2.0"