diff --git a/packages/gatsby/package.json b/packages/gatsby/package.json
index 577dac0ae78bc..207069d0fd89d 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby/package.json
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@
     "@types/micromatch": "^4.0.1",
     "@types/normalize-path": "^3.0.0",
     "@types/reach__router": "^1.3.5",
+    "@types/react-dom": "^17.0.9",
     "@types/semver": "^7.1.0",
     "@types/signal-exit": "^3.0.0",
     "@types/string-similarity": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d42cb00290dfc..0ee02ec1a8418 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4830,6 +4830,13 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/react" "*"
 
+"@types/react-dom@^17.0.9":
+  version "17.0.9"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/react-dom/-/react-dom-17.0.9.tgz#441a981da9d7be117042e1a6fd3dac4b30f55add"
+  integrity sha512-wIvGxLfgpVDSAMH5utdL9Ngm5Owu0VsGmldro3ORLXV8CShrL8awVj06NuEXFQ5xyaYfdca7Sgbk/50Ri1GdPg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/react" "*"
+
 "@types/react-instantsearch-core@*":
   version "6.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/react-instantsearch-core/-/react-instantsearch-core-6.3.0.tgz#74acc99250ce416a96a0b1896e127a283a9f6b76"