diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-extensions/package.json b/packages/react-devtools-extensions/package.json
index c48e4d3b195bb..36d44c782fa2f 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-extensions/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-extensions/package.json
@@ -68,6 +68,6 @@
     "workerize-loader": "^2.0.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "web-ext": "^8"
+    "web-ext": "^8.5.0"
   }
 }