diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 09b1fceb05..e9c45d79b4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
     "highlight.js": "^9.13.1",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "2.7.2",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.1.4.tgz",
     "postcss-easings": "^2.0.0",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4abd0226b5..4e5e5baa82 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@
     core-js-pure "^3.0.0"
     regenerator-runtime "^0.13.4"
 
-"@babel/runtime@^7.0.0", "@babel/runtime@^7.1.2", "@babel/runtime@^7.7.6", "@babel/runtime@^7.8.3", "@babel/runtime@^7.8.4":
+"@babel/runtime@^7.0.0", "@babel/runtime@^7.1.2", "@babel/runtime@^7.5.5", "@babel/runtime@^7.7.6", "@babel/runtime@^7.8.3", "@babel/runtime@^7.8.4", "@babel/runtime@^7.8.7":
   version "7.10.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/runtime/-/runtime-7.10.2.tgz#d103f21f2602497d38348a32e008637d506db839"
   integrity sha512-6sF3uQw2ivImfVIl62RZ7MXhO2tap69WeWK57vAaimT6AZbE4FbqjdEJIN1UqoD6wI6B+1n9UiagafH1sxjOtg==
@@ -3309,7 +3309,7 @@ cssstyle@^1.0.0, cssstyle@^1.1.1:
   dependencies:
     cssom "0.3.x"
 
-csstype@^2.2.0:
+csstype@^2.2.0, csstype@^2.6.7:
   version "2.6.10"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/csstype/-/csstype-2.6.10.tgz#e63af50e66d7c266edb6b32909cfd0aabe03928b"
   integrity sha512-D34BqZU4cIlMCY93rZHbrq9pjTAQJ3U8S8rfBqjwHxkGPThWFjzZDQpgMJY0QViLxth6ZKYiwFBo14RdN44U/w==
@@ -3613,6 +3613,14 @@ dom-converter@^0.2:
   dependencies:
     utila "~0.4"
 
+dom-helpers@^5.0.1:
+  version "5.1.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dom-helpers/-/dom-helpers-5.1.4.tgz#4609680ab5c79a45f2531441f1949b79d6587f4b"
+  integrity sha512-TjMyeVUvNEnOnhzs6uAn9Ya47GmMo3qq7m+Lr/3ON0Rs5kHvb8I+SQYjLUSYn7qhEm0QjW0yrBkvz9yOrwwz1A==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.7"
+    csstype "^2.6.7"
+
 dom-serializer@0, dom-serializer@^0.2.1:
   version "0.2.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dom-serializer/-/dom-serializer-0.2.2.tgz#1afb81f533717175d478655debc5e332d9f9bb51"
@@ -6965,21 +6973,6 @@ mathml-tag-names@^2.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mathml-tag-names/-/mathml-tag-names-2.1.3.tgz#4ddadd67308e780cf16a47685878ee27b736a0a3"
   integrity sha512-APMBEanjybaPzUrfqU0IMU5I0AswKMH7k8OTLs0vvV4KZpExkTkY87nR/zpbuTPj+gARop7aGUbl11pnDfW6xg==
 
-matrix-js-sdk@6.2.2:
-  version "6.2.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-6.2.2.tgz#103d951f61945217b110962f55ae43996756f615"
-  integrity sha512-uTXmKVzl7GXM3R70cl2E87H+mtwN3ILqPeB80Z/2ITN9Vaf9pMURCCAuHePEBXbhnD7DOZj7Cke42uP+ByR6Hw==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
-    another-json "^0.2.0"
-    browser-request "^0.3.3"
-    bs58 "^4.0.1"
-    content-type "^1.0.2"
-    loglevel "^1.6.4"
-    qs "^6.5.2"
-    request "^2.88.0"
-    unhomoglyph "^1.0.2"
-
 "matrix-js-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop":
   version "6.2.2"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/1c194e81637fb07fe6ad67cda33be0d5d4c10115"
@@ -7002,10 +6995,9 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     bluebird "^3.5.0"
     expect "^1.20.2"
 
-matrix-react-sdk@2.7.2:
+"matrix-react-sdk@github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop":
   version "2.7.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-sdk/-/matrix-react-sdk-2.7.2.tgz#b74d390695326b90b7472a8f02790cfb225d73ad"
-  integrity sha512-zBbUbHaROikJo2lOZsf3+K1tJYbSn2IZN08Q0JF5hjwBOiGMD4trhF5osaJIhyrN4qVlJFhXxhDQOMA3UNKXDg==
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/tar.gz/6f6793bc858186d9eeaad9969914d016dd2a8f1b"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.8.3"
     await-lock "^2.0.1"
@@ -7018,8 +7010,8 @@ matrix-react-sdk@2.7.2:
     create-react-class "^15.6.0"
     diff-dom "^4.1.3"
     diff-match-patch "^1.0.4"
-    emojibase-data "^4.0.2"
-    emojibase-regex "^3.0.0"
+    emojibase-data "^5.0.1"
+    emojibase-regex "^4.0.1"
     escape-html "^1.0.3"
     file-saver "^1.3.3"
     filesize "3.5.6"
@@ -7033,7 +7025,7 @@ matrix-react-sdk@2.7.2:
     is-ip "^2.0.0"
     linkifyjs "^2.1.6"
     lodash "^4.17.14"
-    matrix-js-sdk "6.2.2"
+    matrix-js-sdk "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop"
     minimist "^1.2.0"
     pako "^1.0.5"
     parse5 "^5.1.1"
@@ -7046,6 +7038,8 @@ matrix-react-sdk@2.7.2:
     react-beautiful-dnd "^4.0.1"
     react-dom "^16.9.0"
     react-focus-lock "^2.2.1"
+    react-resizable "^1.10.1"
+    react-transition-group "^4.4.1"
     resize-observer-polyfill "^1.5.0"
     sanitize-html "^1.18.4"
     text-encoding-utf-8 "^1.0.1"
@@ -9448,6 +9442,16 @@ react-resizable@^1.10.1:
     prop-types "15.x"
     react-draggable "^4.0.3"
 
+react-transition-group@^4.4.1:
+  version "4.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-transition-group/-/react-transition-group-4.4.1.tgz#63868f9325a38ea5ee9535d828327f85773345c9"
+  integrity sha512-Djqr7OQ2aPUiYurhPalTrVy9ddmFCCzwhqQmtN+J3+3DzLO209Fdr70QrN8Z3DsglWql6iY1lDWAfpFiBtuKGw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime" "^7.5.5"
+    dom-helpers "^5.0.1"
+    loose-envify "^1.4.0"
+    prop-types "^15.6.2"
+
 react@^16.9.0:
   version "16.13.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react/-/react-16.13.1.tgz#2e818822f1a9743122c063d6410d85c1e3afe48e"