diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d32cd3a0551..33d9198ac52 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@
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         "prism-react-renderer": "^2.3.1",
         "prismjs": "^1.30.0",
-        "react": "^18.2.0",
+        "react": "^19.1.0",
         "react-addons-text-content": "^0.0.4",
-        "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
+        "react-dom": "^19.1.0",
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         "remark-frontmatter": "^5.0.0",
         "remark-gfm": "^3.0.1",
@@ -10881,6 +10881,19 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/chalk/ansi-regex?sponsor=1"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@tapjs/reporter/node_modules/react": {
+      "version": "18.3.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react/-/react-18.3.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-wS+hAgJShR0KhEvPJArfuPVN1+Hz1t0Y6n5jLrGQbkb4urgPE/0Rve+1kMB1v/oWgHgm4WIcV+i7F2pTVj+2iQ==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "loose-envify": "^1.1.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=0.10.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@tapjs/reporter/node_modules/string-length": {
       "version": "6.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string-length/-/string-length-6.0.0.tgz",
@@ -38521,13 +38534,10 @@
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-      "version": "18.3.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react/-/react-18.3.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-wS+hAgJShR0KhEvPJArfuPVN1+Hz1t0Y6n5jLrGQbkb4urgPE/0Rve+1kMB1v/oWgHgm4WIcV+i7F2pTVj+2iQ==",
+      "version": "19.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react/-/react-19.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-FS+XFBNvn3GTAWq26joslQgWNoFu08F4kl0J4CgdNKADkdSGXQyTCnKteIAJy96Br6YbpEU1LSzV5dYtjMkMDg==",
       "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "loose-envify": "^1.1.0"
-      },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=0.10.0"
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@@ -38725,18 +38735,23 @@
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     "node_modules/react-dom": {
-      "version": "18.3.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-dom/-/react-dom-18.3.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-5m4nQKp+rZRb09LNH59GM4BxTh9251/ylbKIbpe7TpGxfJ+9kv6BLkLBXIjjspbgbnIBNqlI23tRnTWT0snUIw==",
+      "version": "19.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-dom/-/react-dom-19.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Xs1hdnE+DyKgeHJeJznQmYMIBG3TKIHJJT95Q58nHLSrElKlGQqDTR2HQ9fx5CN/Gk6Vh/kupBTDLU11/nDk/g==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "loose-envify": "^1.1.0",
-        "scheduler": "^0.23.2"
+        "scheduler": "^0.26.0"
       },
       "peerDependencies": {
-        "react": "^18.3.1"
+        "react": "^19.1.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/react-dom/node_modules/scheduler": {
+      "version": "0.26.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/scheduler/-/scheduler-0.26.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-NlHwttCI/l5gCPR3D1nNXtWABUmBwvZpEQiD4IXSbIDq8BzLIK/7Ir5gTFSGZDUu37K5cMNp0hFtzO38sC7gWA==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/react-element-to-jsx-string": {
       "version": "15.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-element-to-jsx-string/-/react-element-to-jsx-string-15.0.0.tgz",
@@ -41443,6 +41458,7 @@
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/scheduler/-/scheduler-0.23.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-UOShsPwz7NrMUqhR6t0hWjFduvOzbtv7toDH1/hIrfRNIDBnnBWd0CwJTGvTpngVlmwGCdP9/Zl/tVrDqcuYzQ==",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "loose-envify": "^1.1.0"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 33fb8dd4301..5d0492b6444 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@
     "postcss-preset-env": "^10.1.1",
     "prism-react-renderer": "^2.3.1",
     "prismjs": "^1.30.0",
-    "react": "^18.2.0",
+    "react": "^19.1.0",
     "react-addons-text-content": "^0.0.4",
-    "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
+    "react-dom": "^19.1.0",
     "react-focus-on": "^3.9.1",
     "remark-frontmatter": "^5.0.0",
     "remark-gfm": "^3.0.1",
diff --git a/src/components/link.js b/src/components/link.js
index c6ea6db8881..ba38c7a8ef4 100644
--- a/src/components/link.js
+++ b/src/components/link.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react'
 import {Link as PrimerLink} from '@primer/react'
-import {Link as GatsbyLink} from 'gatsby'
 import omit from '../util/omit'
 
 const FALLBACK = `http://_${Math.random().toString().slice(2)}._${Math.random().toString().slice(2)}`
@@ -22,15 +21,26 @@ const getLocalPath = href => {
   return null
 }
 
-const GatsbyLinkWithoutSxProps = React.forwardRef(function GatsbyLinkWithoutSxProps(props, ref) {
-  return <GatsbyLink ref={ref} {...omit(props, 'sx', 'underline', 'hoverColor', 'muted')} />
+const BasicLinkAdapter = React.forwardRef(function BasicLinkAdapter(props, ref) {
+  const { to, ...otherProps } = props
+  // Convert 'to' prop to 'href' for regular anchor tags
+  return (
+    <a
+      ref={ref}
+      href={to}
+      {...omit(otherProps, 'sx', 'underline', 'hoverColor', 'muted')}
+      aria-label={otherProps['aria-label'] || 'Link'}
+    >
+      {props.children || 'Link'}
+    </a>
+  )
 })
 
 const Link = React.forwardRef(function Link({to, href, ...props}, ref) {
   const localPath = getLocalPath(href)
 
   if (to || localPath !== null) {
-    return <PrimerLink ref={ref} as={GatsbyLinkWithoutSxProps} to={to || localPath} {...props} />
+    return <PrimerLink ref={ref} as={BasicLinkAdapter} to={to || localPath} {...props} />
   }
 
   return <PrimerLink ref={ref} href={href} {...props} />