diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0ad4b6e8..76535a99 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 This is a next iteration of [mobx-react](https://github.com/mobxjs/mobx-react) coming from introducing React hooks which simplifies a lot of internal workings of this package. Class based components **are not supported** except using `<Observer>` directly in its `render` method.
 
-**You need React version 16.7.0-alpha.2 or 16.8.0-alpha.0 which is highly experimental and not recommended for production.**
+**You need React version 16.8.0-alpha.1 which is highly experimental and not recommended for production.**
 
 **Do not use React 16.7 as it's [missing Hooks support](https://reactjs.org/blog/2018/12/19/react-v-16-7.html)!**
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 435c14a3..aa3824c1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
   "homepage": "https://mobxjs.github.io/mobx",
   "peerDependencies": {
     "mobx": "^4.0.0 || ^5.0.0",
-    "react": "16.7.0-alpha.2 || 16.8.0-alpha.0"
+    "react": "16.8.0-alpha.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/jest": "^23.3.9",
     "@types/node": "^10.0.0",
-    "@types/react": "^16.7.2",
+    "@types/react": "^16.8.1",
     "@types/react-dom": "^16.0.9",
     "coveralls": "^3.0.2",
     "husky": "^1.1.3",
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
     "lodash": "^4.17.11",
     "mobx": "^5.0.0",
     "prettier": "^1.15.2",
-    "react": "16.8.0-alpha.0",
-    "react-dom": "16.8.0-alpha.0",
+    "react": "16.8.0-alpha.1",
+    "react-dom": "16.8.0-alpha.1",
     "react-testing-library": "^5.2.3",
     "rimraf": "^2.6.2",
     "rollup": "^1.1.0",
@@ -83,4 +83,4 @@
       "pre-commit": "lint-staged"
     }
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/observer.test.tsx b/test/observer.test.tsx
index c37d85db..af139b49 100644
--- a/test/observer.test.tsx
+++ b/test/observer.test.tsx
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ test("useImperativeMethods and forwardRef should work with observer", () => {
     const FancyInput = observer(
         (props: IProps, ref: React.Ref<IMethods>) => {
             const inputRef = React.useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null)
-            React.useImperativeMethods(
+            React.useImperativeHandle(
                 ref,
                 () => ({
                     focus: () => {
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ test("useImperativeMethods and forwardRef should work with useObserver", () => {
     const FancyInput = React.memo(
         React.forwardRef((props: IProps, ref: React.Ref<IMethods>) => {
             const inputRef = React.useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null)
-            React.useImperativeMethods(
+            React.useImperativeHandle(
                 ref,
                 () => ({
                     focus: () => {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4340c34d..fa7164fe 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/react" "*"
 
-"@types/react@*", "@types/react@^16.7.2":
-  version "16.7.20"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/react/-/react-16.7.20.tgz#13ae752c012710d0fa800985ca809814b51d3b58"
-  integrity sha512-Qd5RWkwl6SL7R2XzLk/cicjVQm1Mhc6HqXY5Ei4pWd1Vi8Fkbd5O0sA398x8fRSTPAuHdDYD9nrWmJMYTJI0vQ==
+"@types/react@*", "@types/react@^16.8.1":
+  version "16.8.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/react/-/react-16.8.1.tgz#b431b104ecc6febda170b718caa9f50be66a6750"
+  integrity sha512-tD1ETKJcuhANOejRc/p7OgQ16DKnbGi0M3LccelKlPnUCDp2a5koVxZFoRN9HN+A+m84HB5VGN7I+r3nNhS3PA==
   dependencies:
     "@types/prop-types" "*"
     csstype "^2.2.0"
@@ -3712,15 +3712,15 @@ rc@^1.2.7:
     minimist "^1.2.0"
     strip-json-comments "~2.0.1"
 
-react-dom@16.8.0-alpha.0:
-  version "16.8.0-alpha.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-dom/-/react-dom-16.8.0-alpha.0.tgz#47bbcf42593eab5468b577d3c3f3c27f251a65ef"
-  integrity sha512-OGfLUXGxtMgqLB1BqnB9flVCvc8VvAnhQYeFr+EUzwiODcD34dPrxtfa7ccK4dwzcPi8HRLSyBcaQi2OvVoUww==
+react-dom@16.8.0-alpha.1:
+  version "16.8.0-alpha.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-dom/-/react-dom-16.8.0-alpha.1.tgz#dab73b8354ba2e498e3127d18e29d4546cea889e"
+  integrity sha512-tZCUM8BpnwUHJmLnUWP9c3vVZxnCqYotj7s4tx7umojG6BKv745KIBtuPTzt0EI0q50GMLEpmT/CPQ8iA61TwQ==
   dependencies:
     loose-envify "^1.1.0"
     object-assign "^4.1.1"
     prop-types "^15.6.2"
-    scheduler "^0.13.0-alpha.0"
+    scheduler "^0.13.0-alpha.1"
 
 react-testing-library@^5.2.3:
   version "5.4.4"
@@ -3729,15 +3729,15 @@ react-testing-library@^5.2.3:
   dependencies:
     dom-testing-library "^3.13.1"
 
-react@16.8.0-alpha.0:
-  version "16.8.0-alpha.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react/-/react-16.8.0-alpha.0.tgz#8545eb79534cce5ba99ed40085f7f955e8857a19"
-  integrity sha512-B/nJJkNqV4JAJQ1M0Q38ZvhZ6BoYsjyZq29hbsIIPYayn/0DcYhu7tExpfzdtTC0SnUcA+RnDBTlXTEJ5b9PEg==
+react@16.8.0-alpha.1:
+  version "16.8.0-alpha.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react/-/react-16.8.0-alpha.1.tgz#c2b32689f3b466d3ce85a634dd9035f789d2cd97"
+  integrity sha512-vLwwnhM2dXrCsiQmcSxF2UdZVV5xsiXjK5Yetmy8dVqngJhQ3aw3YJhZN/YmyonxwdimH40wVqFQfsl4gSu2RA==
   dependencies:
     loose-envify "^1.1.0"
     object-assign "^4.1.1"
     prop-types "^15.6.2"
-    scheduler "^0.13.0-alpha.0"
+    scheduler "^0.13.0-alpha.1"
 
 read-pkg-up@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
@@ -4096,7 +4096,7 @@ sax@^1.2.4:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sax/-/sax-1.2.4.tgz#2816234e2378bddc4e5354fab5caa895df7100d9"
   integrity sha512-NqVDv9TpANUjFm0N8uM5GxL36UgKi9/atZw+x7YFnQ8ckwFGKrl4xX4yWtrey3UJm5nP1kUbnYgLopqWNSRhWw==
 
-scheduler@^0.13.0-alpha.0:
+scheduler@^0.13.0-alpha.1:
   version "0.13.0-alpha.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/scheduler/-/scheduler-0.13.0-alpha.1.tgz#753977fb4fb35d8cdd559868a11e46b640955556"
   integrity sha512-W0sH0848sVuPKg+I18vTYQyzVtA4X1lrVgSeXK6KnOPUltFdJcY5nkbTkjGUeS/E0x+eBsNYfSdhJtGjT95njw==