diff --git a/react/index.d.ts b/react/index.d.ts
index d9e601095a..6db2073064 100644
--- a/react/index.d.ts
+++ b/react/index.d.ts
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ declare namespace React {
         setState(f: (prevState: S, props: P) => S, callback?: () => any): void;
         setState(state: S, callback?: () => any): void;
         forceUpdate(callBack?: () => any): void;
-        render(): JSX.Element;
+        render(): JSX.Element | null;
 
         // React.Props<T> is now deprecated, which means that the `children`
         // property is not available on `P` by default, even though you can
@@ -2467,4 +2467,4 @@ declare global {
             use: React.SVGProps;
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}