diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fae6a7371..5c346c28f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 
+next
+----
+
+- workaround Preact's breaking type changes by using more specific semver range (#7225)
+
+
 v6.1.4 (2023-02-07)
 -------------------
 fix: bug introduced in v6.1.3 where month-start-text appears within day cells of multimonth view
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 1cd4d8cc6..ac1cd600b 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "title": "FullCalendar Core",
   "description": "FullCalendar core package for rendering a calendar",
   "dependencies": {
-    "preact": "^10.0.5"
+    "preact": "~10.12.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@fullcalendar/standard-scripts": "*",