diff --git a/apps/accounts/package.json b/apps/accounts/package.json
index 6a50ed08f..40c6472e2 100644
--- a/apps/accounts/package.json
+++ b/apps/accounts/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
         "@ente/shared": "*"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
-        "@types/node": "^14.6.4",
-        "@types/react": "^18"
+        "@types/node": "^14.6.4"
     }
 }
diff --git a/apps/photos/package.json b/apps/photos/package.json
index 972f1788d..7e1636e75 100644
--- a/apps/photos/package.json
+++ b/apps/photos/package.json
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@
         "@types/leaflet": "^1.9.3",
         "@types/node": "^14.6.4",
         "@types/photoswipe": "^4.1.1",
-        "@types/react": "^18",
         "@types/react-collapse": "^5.0.1",
         "@types/react-datepicker": "^4.15.0",
         "@types/react-select": "^4.0.15",
diff --git a/packages/ui/package.json b/packages/ui/package.json
index 332dc906b..756d1158a 100644
--- a/packages/ui/package.json
+++ b/packages/ui/package.json
@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@
         "get-user-locale": "^2.3",
         "i18next": "^23.10",
         "i18next-http-backend": "^2.5",
-        "react": "18.2.0",
-        "react-dom": "18.2.0",
+        "react": "^18",
+        "react-dom": "^18",
         "react-i18next": "^14"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
-        "@/build-config": "*"
+        "@/build-config": "*",
+        "@types/react": "^18",
+        "@types/react-dom": "^18"
     }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 85dcbd1b0..fb11588e8 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@
     date-fns "^2.0.1"
     react-popper "^2.2.5"
 
-"@types/react-dom@*":
+"@types/react-dom@*", "@types/react-dom@^18":
   version "18.2.19"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/react-dom/-/react-dom-18.2.19.tgz#b84b7c30c635a6c26c6a6dfbb599b2da9788be58"
   integrity sha512-aZvQL6uUbIJpjZk4U8JZGbau9KDeAwMfmhyWorxgBkqDIEf6ROjRozcmPIicqsUwPUjbkDfHKgGee1Lq65APcA==
@@ -3631,7 +3631,7 @@ react-datepicker@^4.16.0:
     react-onclickoutside "^6.13.0"
     react-popper "^2.3.0"
 
-react-dom@18.2.0:
+react-dom@^18:
   version "18.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-dom/-/react-dom-18.2.0.tgz#22aaf38708db2674ed9ada224ca4aa708d821e3d"
   integrity sha512-6IMTriUmvsjHUjNtEDudZfuDQUoWXVxKHhlEGSk81n4YFS+r/Kl99wXiwlVXtPBtJenozv2P+hxDsw9eA7Xo6g==
@@ -3761,7 +3761,7 @@ react-window@^1.8.6:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.0.0"
     memoize-one ">=3.1.1 <6"
 
-react@18.2.0:
+react@^18:
   version "18.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react/-/react-18.2.0.tgz#555bd98592883255fa00de14f1151a917b5d77d5"
   integrity sha512-/3IjMdb2L9QbBdWiW5e3P2/npwMBaU9mHCSCUzNln0ZCYbcfTsGbTJrU/kGemdH2IWmB2ioZ+zkxtmq6g09fGQ==
@@ -4099,7 +4099,6 @@ streamsearch@^1.1.0:
   integrity sha512-Mcc5wHehp9aXz1ax6bZUyY5afg9u2rv5cqQI3mRrYkGC8rW2hM02jWuwjtL++LS5qinSyhj2QfLyNsuc+VsExg==
 
 "string-width-cjs@npm:string-width@^4.2.0", string-width@^4.1.0:
-  name string-width-cjs
   version "4.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string-width/-/string-width-4.2.3.tgz#269c7117d27b05ad2e536830a8ec895ef9c6d010"
   integrity sha512-wKyQRQpjJ0sIp62ErSZdGsjMJWsap5oRNihHhu6G7JVO/9jIB6UyevL+tXuOqrng8j/cxKTWyWUwvSTriiZz/g==