diff --git a/.react-version b/.github/.react-version
similarity index 100%
rename from .react-version
rename to .github/.react-version
diff --git a/.github/labeler.json b/.github/labeler.json
index 44e8537e493ec..c0c57e7820161 100644
--- a/.github/labeler.json
+++ b/.github/labeler.json
@@ -72,6 +72,6 @@
       "packages/next/**",
       "packages/react-refresh-utils/**"
     ],
-    "type: react-sync": [".react-version"]
+    "type: react-sync": [".github/.react-version"]
   }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/sync-react.js b/scripts/sync-react.js
index f57ade32f3a94..7fd91473520ae 100644
--- a/scripts/sync-react.js
+++ b/scripts/sync-react.js
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ Or run this command again without the --no-install flag to do both automatically
     )
   }
 
-  await fsp.writeFile(path.join(cwd, '.react-version'), newVersionStr)
+  await fsp.writeFile(path.join(cwd, '.github/.react-version'), newVersionStr)
 
   console.log(
     `Successfully updated React from ${baseSha} to ${newSha}.\n` +