diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 17466de534..292a8dccc4 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ updates:
           - "eslint"
           - "eslint-*"
           - "prettier"
+      react:
+        patterns:
+          - "react"
+          - "react-dom"
     ignore:
       - dependency-name: "@rjsf/core"
         update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
index b91d5d183f..16413770cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
     - uses: ./.github/actions/set-up-node
     - run: npm ci
+    - name: Ensure installed React and React-DOM versions match
+      run: |
+        REACT_VERSION=$(npm ls react --depth=0 --json | jq -r '.dependencies.react.version')
+        REACT_DOM_VERSION=$(npm ls react-dom --depth=0 --json | jq -r '.dependencies["react-dom"].version')
+        echo "Installed React: $REACT_VERSION"
+        echo "Installed React-DOM: $REACT_DOM_VERSION"
+        if [ "$REACT_VERSION" != "$REACT_DOM_VERSION" ]; then
+          echo "ERROR: Installed React and React-DOM versions must match!"
+          exit 1
+        fi
     - run: npm run build
     - run: npm run build # Needed to avoid incremental build quirks
     - run: npm run api:verify
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bb0394f0b4..2402ba874e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@
     "prosemirror-schema-basic": "^1.2.4",
     "prosemirror-tables": "^1.6.4",
     "puppeteer": "^19.11.1",
-    "react": "19.1.0",
-    "react-dom": "19.1.0",
+    "react": "^19.1.0",
+    "react-dom": "^19.1.0",
     "react-shadow-dom-retarget-events": "^1.1.0",
     "rehype-parse": "^9.0.1",
     "rehype-raw": "^7.0.0",