diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-extensions/package.json b/packages/react-devtools-extensions/package.json
index 5f9d473e2349e..47033a6866bbe 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-extensions/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-extensions/package.json
@@ -67,6 +67,6 @@
     "workerize-loader": "^2.0.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "web-ext": "^4"
+    "web-ext": "^8.4.0"
   }
 }