diff --git a/src/actions/verify/validations.ts b/src/actions/verify/validations.ts
index d56964ee..c0db7527 100644
--- a/src/actions/verify/validations.ts
+++ b/src/actions/verify/validations.ts
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ export async function validateTsConfig(
   const errors: string[] = []
 
   const expectedCompilerOptions = {
-    jsx: 'preserve',
     moduleResolution: 'node',
     target: 'esnext',
     module: 'esnext',
@@ -147,10 +146,6 @@ export async function validateTsConfig(
       option = path.relative(basePath, option) || '.'
     }
 
-    if (key === 'jsx' && option === 1) {
-      option = 'preserve'
-    }
-
     if (key === 'moduleResolution' && option === 2) {
       option = 'node'
     }
diff --git a/src/configs/eslint.ts b/src/configs/eslint.ts
index e9cb9945..b02ba8bf 100644
--- a/src/configs/eslint.ts
+++ b/src/configs/eslint.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export function eslintrcTemplate(options: {flags: InitFlags}): InjectTemplate {
       'sanity/react',
       'plugin:react-hooks/recommended',
       flags.prettier && 'plugin:prettier/recommended',
+      'plugin:react/jsx-runtime',
     ].filter(Boolean),
   }
 
diff --git a/src/configs/tsconfig.ts b/src/configs/tsconfig.ts
index 66f04b2a..98d41d88 100644
--- a/src/configs/tsconfig.ts
+++ b/src/configs/tsconfig.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export function tsconfigTemplate(options: {flags: InitFlags}): InjectTemplate {
         "include": ["./src", "./package.config.ts"],
         "compilerOptions": {
           "rootDir": ".",
-          "jsx": "preserve",
+          "jsx": "react-jsx",
           "noEmit": true
         }
       }
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export function tsconfigTemplateDist(options: {outDir: string; flags: InitFlags}
         "compilerOptions": {
           "rootDir": ".",
           "outDir": "./${outDir}",
-          "jsx": "preserve",
+          "jsx": "react-jsx",
           "emitDeclarationOnly": true
         }
       }
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/verify-package.test.ts.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/verify-package.test.ts.test.cjs
index 8274c4ef..20933489 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/verify-package.test.ts.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/verify-package.test.ts.test.cjs
@@ -125,9 +125,8 @@ To skip this validation add the following to your package.json:
 [error] 
 Recommended tsconfig.json compilerOptions missing:
 
-The following fields had unexpected values: [jsx, moduleResolution, target, module, emitDeclarationOnly, esModuleInterop, skipLibCheck, isolatedModules, downlevelIteration, declaration, allowSyntheticDefaultImports, rootDir, outDir]
+The following fields had unexpected values: [moduleResolution, target, module, emitDeclarationOnly, esModuleInterop, skipLibCheck, isolatedModules, downlevelIteration, declaration, allowSyntheticDefaultImports, rootDir, outDir]
 Expected to find these values:
-"jsx": "preserve",
 "moduleResolution": "node",
 "target": "esnext",
 "module": "esnext",
diff --git a/test/fixtures/inject/valid/tsconfig.json b/test/fixtures/inject/valid/tsconfig.json
index e0937952..6e93ad84 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/inject/valid/tsconfig.json
+++ b/test/fixtures/inject/valid/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "jsx": "preserve",
+    "jsx": "react-jsx",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "target": "esnext",
     "module": "esnext",
diff --git a/test/fixtures/verify-package/invalid-eslint/tsconfig.json b/test/fixtures/verify-package/invalid-eslint/tsconfig.json
index 36b93731..d12ef450 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/verify-package/invalid-eslint/tsconfig.json
+++ b/test/fixtures/verify-package/invalid-eslint/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "jsx": "preserve",
+    "jsx": "react-jsx",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "target": "esnext",
     "module": "esnext",
diff --git a/test/fixtures/verify-package/valid/tsconfig.json b/test/fixtures/verify-package/valid/tsconfig.json
index e0937952..6e93ad84 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/verify-package/valid/tsconfig.json
+++ b/test/fixtures/verify-package/valid/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "jsx": "preserve",
+    "jsx": "react-jsx",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "target": "esnext",
     "module": "esnext",