diff --git a/packages/react/package.json b/packages/react/package.json
index cd11bd612..0fc9591df 100644
--- a/packages/react/package.json
+++ b/packages/react/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/open-feature/js-sdk#readme",
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@openfeature/web-sdk": ">=0.4.0",
-    "react": ">=18.0.0"
+    "react": ">=16.8.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@openfeature/core": "*",