diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ee2ab2e537b..2d546181123 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         "jsrsasign": "^11.0.0",
         "katex": "^0.16.0",
         "lodash": "^4.17.21",
-        "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
+        "matrix-js-sdk": "34.0.0-rc.0",
         "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
         "matrix-widget-api": "^1.3.1",
         "react": "17.0.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4a0d7b5caf8..6eb82ca1494 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2157,6 +2157,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm-5.0.0.tgz#f45a7bccaad218c05bcf9e7c8ca783c9d9a07af4"
   integrity sha512-37ASjCKSTU5ycGfkP+LUXG4Ok6OAf6vE+1qU6uwWhe6FwadCS3vVWzJYd/3d9BQFwsx4GhFTIAXrW4iLG85rmQ==
 
+"@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm@^6.0.0":
+  version "6.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm/-/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm-6.1.0.tgz#1cedf2bcbd6795e297fd45ea4a33f2c8c5204fdd"
+  integrity sha512-8Wn4TT9PEJswfE8+6mA60JHrxyiWYXfM4EM5800tLz+Rl9QRGk9JDF0o0cTb26v6bfXTa3/pCGWAkUVk0ROPEw==
+
 "@matrix-org/matrix-wysiwyg@2.37.3":
   version "2.37.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@matrix-org/matrix-wysiwyg/-/matrix-wysiwyg-2.37.3.tgz#3f068252948f036b3d233828aecf856f74f9d7f1"
@@ -8329,6 +8334,26 @@ matrix-events-sdk@0.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-events-sdk/-/matrix-events-sdk-0.0.1.tgz#c8c38911e2cb29023b0bbac8d6f32e0de2c957dd"
   integrity sha512-1QEOsXO+bhyCroIe2/A5OwaxHvBm7EsSQ46DEDn8RBIfQwN5HWBpFvyWWR4QY0KHPPnnJdI99wgRiAl7Ad5qaA==
 
+matrix-js-sdk@34.0.0-rc.0:
+  version "34.0.0-rc.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-34.0.0-rc.0.tgz#18582d596733f2025d34a851f5f4f3ea4a0c86b9"
+  integrity sha512-00jqXL4vaoG1T9LpufDo8VccWjKjVRTL4bPgzrN6UkCZNFS0TT9AO8UTNRtZiGx0KvfBnrZoKc11jonuaWbPuw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
+    "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm" "^6.0.0"
+    another-json "^0.2.0"
+    bs58 "^5.0.0"
+    content-type "^1.0.4"
+    jwt-decode "^4.0.0"
+    loglevel "^1.7.1"
+    matrix-events-sdk "0.0.1"
+    matrix-widget-api "^1.6.0"
+    oidc-client-ts "^3.0.1"
+    p-retry "4"
+    sdp-transform "^2.14.1"
+    unhomoglyph "^1.0.6"
+    uuid "10"
+
 "matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "33.1.0"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/987ec1e62fcdbd626d5abcba5e9dcdaa9eaaa758"