diff --git a/smoketests/packages/react-ts-esm/package.json b/smoketests/packages/react-ts-esm/package.json
index 96165016..b0354080 100644
--- a/smoketests/packages/react-ts-esm/package.json
+++ b/smoketests/packages/react-ts-esm/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "license": "MIT",
     "devDependencies": {
         "@types/react": "^16.14.0",
-        "@types/react-dom": "^18.2.6",
+        "@types/react-dom": "^16.8.0",
         "@backtrace/browser": "file:../../../packages/react",
         "@backtrace/session-replay": "file:../../../packages/session-replay",
         "http-server": "^14.1.1",