diff --git a/packages/create-next-app/templates/index.ts b/packages/create-next-app/templates/index.ts
index 10558a7f02f89..f3d9dc21bf000 100644
--- a/packages/create-next-app/templates/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-next-app/templates/index.ts
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ export const installTemplate = async ({
      * Default dependencies.
      */
     dependencies: {
-      react: "^18",
-      "react-dom": "^18",
+      react: "19.0.0-beta-4508873393-20240430",
+      "react-dom": "19.0.0-beta-4508873393-20240430",
       next: version,
     },
     devDependencies: {},
diff --git a/test/e2e/next-test/first-time-setup-js/package.json b/test/e2e/next-test/first-time-setup-js/package.json
index c873cfd75fed1..e0996207ccd63 100644
--- a/test/e2e/next-test/first-time-setup-js/package.json
+++ b/test/e2e/next-test/first-time-setup-js/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "next": "canary",
-    "react": "^18",
-    "react-dom": "^18"
+    "react": "19.0.0-beta-4508873393-20240430",
+    "react-dom": "19.0.0-beta-4508873393-20240430"
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/next-test/first-time-setup-ts/package.json b/test/e2e/next-test/first-time-setup-ts/package.json
index f1d2c0f255c54..86fc8d78a5962 100644
--- a/test/e2e/next-test/first-time-setup-ts/package.json
+++ b/test/e2e/next-test/first-time-setup-ts/package.json
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "next": "canary",
-    "react": "^18",
-    "react-dom": "^18"
+    "react": "19.0.0-beta-4508873393-20240430",
+    "react-dom": "19.0.0-beta-4508873393-20240430"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/react": "^18",