diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b9267aea6..e9c6a22fa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     "stats-gl": "^2.0.0",
     "stats.js": "^0.17.0",
     "suspend-react": "^0.1.3",
-    "three-mesh-bvh": "^0.7.0",
+    "three-mesh-bvh": "^0.7.8",
     "three-stdlib": "^2.29.9",
     "troika-three-text": "^0.49.0",
     "tunnel-rat": "^0.1.2",
diff --git a/src/materials/MeshRefractionMaterial.tsx b/src/materials/MeshRefractionMaterial.tsx
index e4f751552..6fdf1afad 100644
--- a/src/materials/MeshRefractionMaterial.tsx
+++ b/src/materials/MeshRefractionMaterial.tsx
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ import { shaderMaterial } from '../core/shaderMaterial'
 import { MeshBVHUniformStruct, shaderStructs, shaderIntersectFunction } from 'three-mesh-bvh'
 import { version } from '../helpers/constants'
 
-declare module 'three-mesh-bvh' {
-  const shaderIntersectFunction: string
-}
-
 export const MeshRefractionMaterial = /* @__PURE__ */ shaderMaterial(
   {
     envMap: null,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1f9a08b66..5a44e1924 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4278,7 +4278,7 @@ __metadata:
     storybook: "npm:^8.1.10"
     suspend-react: "npm:^0.1.3"
     three: "npm:^0.151.0"
-    three-mesh-bvh: "npm:^0.7.0"
+    three-mesh-bvh: "npm:^0.7.8"
     three-stdlib: "npm:^2.29.9"
     troika-three-text: "npm:^0.49.0"
     ts-node: "npm:^10.9.1"
@@ -15575,12 +15575,12 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"three-mesh-bvh@npm:^0.7.0":
-  version: 0.7.0
-  resolution: "three-mesh-bvh@npm:0.7.0"
+"three-mesh-bvh@npm:^0.7.8":
+  version: 0.7.8
+  resolution: "three-mesh-bvh@npm:0.7.8"
   peerDependencies:
     three: ">= 0.151.0"
-  checksum: 10c0/5880a3fe7346fdb326cdd5c6515b38811c10b42aefde359c2ef62ea70511233523143a0e8cf69140e78ba6963a555bf244f87bfb676fb8f497d54ac5a322e261
+  checksum: 10c0/0d5f7fb4c9ae9a7477c394950a68bcd3eea88e3b0ea787dac4096cfdfcca2298268d1832575288d37ae0f19f3028f3ff79e7d70e3966bc2e8da51c95ba4209b1
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard