diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-extensions/package.json b/packages/react-devtools-extensions/package.json
index 3a6bdfa7c044c..1fcc804e26e8f 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-extensions/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-extensions/package.json
@@ -68,6 +68,6 @@
     "workerize-loader": "^1.3.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "web-ext": "^4"
+    "web-ext": "^8.2.0"
   }
 }