diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9c93dd7..a7746df 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     "goober": "^2.1.16"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "react": ">=16",
-    "react-dom": ">=16"
+    "react": ">=18",
+    "react-dom": ">=18"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/core/store.ts b/src/core/store.ts
index 4909dcf..52be25b 100644
--- a/src/core/store.ts
+++ b/src/core/store.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { useSyncExternalStore } from 'react';
 import { DefaultToastOptions, Toast, ToastType } from './types';
 
 const TOAST_LIMIT = 20;
@@ -142,16 +142,19 @@ export const defaultTimeouts: {
 };
 
 export const useStore = (toastOptions: DefaultToastOptions = {}): State => {
-  const [state, setState] = useState<State>(memoryState);
-  useEffect(() => {
-    listeners.push(setState);
-    return () => {
-      const index = listeners.indexOf(setState);
-      if (index > -1) {
-        listeners.splice(index, 1);
-      }
-    };
-  }, [state]);
+  const state = useSyncExternalStore(
+    (callback) => {
+      listeners.push(callback);
+      return () => {
+        const index = listeners.indexOf(callback);
+        if (index > -1) {
+          listeners.splice(index, 1);
+        }
+      };
+    },
+    () => memoryState,
+    () => memoryState
+  );
 
   const mergedToasts = state.toasts.map((t) => ({
     ...toastOptions,
diff --git a/test/toast.test.tsx b/test/toast.test.tsx
index c528219..a79d689 100644
--- a/test/toast.test.tsx
+++ b/test/toast.test.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import {
   render,
   screen,
@@ -319,3 +319,25 @@ test('pause toast', async () => {
 
   expect(toastElement).not.toBeInTheDocument();
 });
+
+test('"toast" can be called from useEffect hook', async () => {
+  const MyComponent = () => {
+    const [success, setSuccess] = useState(false);
+    useEffect(() => {
+      toast.success('Success toast');
+      setSuccess(true);
+    }, []);
+
+    return success ? <div>MyComponent finished</div> : null;
+  };
+
+  render(
+    <>
+      <MyComponent />
+      <Toaster />
+    </>
+  );
+
+  await screen.findByText(/MyComponent finished/i);
+  expect(screen.queryByText(/Success toast/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+});