diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b328823b24..44bddbbb53 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     "katex": "^0.12.0",
     "linkifyjs": "^2.1.9",
     "lodash": "^4.17.19",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "9.4.0-rc.1",
     "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.10",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
     "pako": "^1.0.11",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1a6a0b0fb3..5d31179fb0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6512,9 +6512,10 @@ 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 "9.3.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/ff6612f9d0aa1a7c08b65a0b41c5ab997506016f"
+matrix-js-sdk@9.4.0-rc.1:
+  version "9.4.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-9.4.0-rc.1.tgz#1aa983e474825b8156033ad83470e1d5690d6588"
+  integrity sha512-JeHPktQhRL3rl9DCuWBcZgYw3y6p84jKgHs4729tG5MfVVHMdx+n9IsUNPSJeZ/PkgoFpwMJgTiRZX0vszvLAQ==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
     another-json "^0.2.0"