diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9c7ad5f008..b366d38a2f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     "katex": "^0.12.0",
     "linkifyjs": "^2.1.9",
     "lodash": "^4.17.20",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "15.2.0-rc.1",
     "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.17",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
     "opus-recorder": "^8.0.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f6c292280a..cac97bb1b4 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5869,9 +5869,10 @@ mathml-tag-names@^2.1.3:
   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 "15.1.1"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/tar.gz/55b489b17a519bc0d557c47ac9fe7ce54690b602"
+matrix-js-sdk@15.2.0-rc.1:
+  version "15.2.0-rc.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-15.2.0-rc.1.tgz#f88a75d547105e6e2ca82da245ed8ea647b3b755"
+  integrity sha512-4Jcm/CwYZST0nW6+yX+Xm8zb5IKoeTt/3Ek6As92SNN96Oz8jJcwrgg7XBslOTIEuKAokYIBYzcDfksz9HyslA==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
     another-json "^0.2.0"