diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index ccd599b..21d619d 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "purescript-dom": "^4.0.0",
     "purescript-freet": "^3.0.0",
     "purescript-profunctor-lenses": "^3.0.0",
-    "purescript-react-dom": "^4.0.0",
-    "purescript-react": "^4.0.0"
+    "purescript-react-dom": "^5.0.0",
+    "purescript-react": "^5.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9d02ffb..240c64f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
     "example": "pulp test -r cat > html/index.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "react": "^15.6.1",
-    "react-dom": "^15.6.1"
+    "create-react-class": "^15.6.2",
+    "react": "^16.0.0",
+    "react-dom": "^16.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "pulp": "^11.0.0",
diff --git a/src/Thermite.purs b/src/Thermite.purs
index 3c1d17b..0366dcc 100644
--- a/src/Thermite.purs
+++ b/src/Thermite.purs
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ import Data.Maybe (Maybe(Just), fromMaybe)
 import Data.Monoid (class Monoid)
 import Data.Tuple (Tuple(..))
 import React (createFactory)
-import React.DOM (div')
 import ReactDOM (render)
 
 -- | A type synonym for an action handler, which takes an action, the current props
@@ -211,10 +210,10 @@ createReactSpec
   :: forall eff state props action
    . Spec eff state props action
   -> state
-  -> { spec :: React.ReactSpec props state eff
+  -> { spec :: React.ReactSpec props state (Array React.ReactElement) eff
      , dispatcher :: React.ReactThis props state -> action -> EventHandler
      }
-createReactSpec = createReactSpec' div'
+createReactSpec = createReactSpec' id
 
 -- | Create a React component spec from a Thermite component `Spec` with an additional
 -- | function for converting the rendered Array of ReactElement's into a single ReactElement
@@ -224,11 +223,12 @@ createReactSpec = createReactSpec' div'
 -- | component spec needs to be modified before being turned into a component class,
 -- | e.g. by adding additional lifecycle methods.
 createReactSpec'
-  :: forall eff state props action
-   . (Array React.ReactElement -> React.ReactElement)
+  :: forall eff state props render action
+   . (React.ReactRender render)
+  => (Array React.ReactElement -> render)
   -> Spec eff state props action
   -> state
-  -> { spec :: React.ReactSpec props state eff
+  -> { spec :: React.ReactSpec props state render eff
      , dispatcher :: React.ReactThis props state -> action -> EventHandler
      }
 createReactSpec' wrap (Spec spec) =
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ createReactSpec' wrap (Spec spec) =
       -- functions do quite what we want here.
       unsafeCoerceEff (launchAff (tailRecM step cotransformer))
 
-    render :: React.Render props state eff
+    render :: React.Render props state render eff
     render this = map wrap $
       spec.render (dispatcher this)
         <$> React.getProps this