diff --git a/example/react/package.json b/example/react/package.json
index 57e8d46f5..270630e5c 100644
--- a/example/react/package.json
+++ b/example/react/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "i18next-xhr-backend": "1.5.1",
     "react": "16.7.0-alpha.2",
     "react-dom": "16.7.0-alpha.2",
-    "react-i18next": "10.0.0-alpha.1",
+    "react-i18next": "10.0.0-alpha.2",
     "react-scripts": "2.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/example/react/src/i18n.js b/example/react/src/i18n.js
index 059ab9c9a..d73fdac9b 100644
--- a/example/react/src/i18n.js
+++ b/example/react/src/i18n.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import i18n from 'i18next';
 import Backend from 'i18next-xhr-backend';
 import LanguageDetector from 'i18next-browser-languagedetector';
-import { initReactI18next } from 'react-i18next/hooks';
+import { initReactI18next } from 'react-i18next';
 
 i18n
   // load translation using xhr -> see /public/locales