diff --git a/examples/hooks/components/QueryRuleCustomData.tsx b/examples/hooks/components/QueryRuleCustomData.tsx
index 0f1b0d6e06..8b56cbf036 100644
--- a/examples/hooks/components/QueryRuleCustomData.tsx
+++ b/examples/hooks/components/QueryRuleCustomData.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { useQueryRules, UseQueryRulesProps } from 'react-instantsearch-hooks';
 import { cx } from '../cx';
 
-export type QueryRuleCustomDataProps = React.ComponentProps<'div'> &
+export type QueryRuleCustomDataProps = Omit<
+  React.ComponentProps<'div'>,
+  'children'
+> &
   Partial<Pick<UseQueryRulesProps, 'transformItems'>> & {
     children: (options: { items: any[] }) => React.ReactNode;
   };
diff --git a/packages/react-instantsearch-core/src/core/createConnector.tsx b/packages/react-instantsearch-core/src/core/createConnector.tsx
index 9f49c5e39e..0d75e122b6 100644
--- a/packages/react-instantsearch-core/src/core/createConnector.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-instantsearch-core/src/core/createConnector.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { ReactType } from 'react';
+import type { ElementType } from 'react';
 import React, { Component } from 'react';
 import isEqual from 'react-fast-compare';
 import { shallowEqual, getDisplayName, removeEmptyKey } from './utils';
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export function createConnectorWithoutContext(
     typeof connectorDesc.transitionState === 'function';
 
   return (
-    Composed: ReactType,
+    Composed: ElementType,
     additionalWidgetProperties: AdditionalWidgetProperties = {}
   ) => {
     class Connector extends Component<ConnectorProps, ConnectorState> {
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ export function createConnectorWithoutContext(
 const createConnectorWithContext =
   (connectorDesc: ConnectorDescription) =>
   (
-    Composed: ReactType,
+    Composed: ElementType,
     additionalWidgetProperties?: AdditionalWidgetProperties
   ) => {
     const Connector = createConnectorWithoutContext(connectorDesc)(
diff --git a/packages/react-instantsearch-core/src/widgets/DynamicWidgets.tsx b/packages/react-instantsearch-core/src/widgets/DynamicWidgets.tsx
index 84ae90234f..8da9900d7f 100644
--- a/packages/react-instantsearch-core/src/widgets/DynamicWidgets.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-instantsearch-core/src/widgets/DynamicWidgets.tsx
@@ -1,21 +1,25 @@
-import type { ReactChild, ComponentType, ReactNode } from 'react';
+import type { ComponentType, ReactElement, ReactNode } from 'react';
 import React, { Fragment } from 'react';
 import { getDisplayName } from '../core/utils';
 import connectDynamicWidgets from '../connectors/connectDynamicWidgets';
 
-function getAttribute(component: ReactChild): string | undefined {
-  if (typeof component !== 'object') {
+function isReactElement(element: any): element is ReactElement {
+  return typeof element === 'object' && element.props;
+}
+
+function getAttribute(element: ReactNode): string | undefined {
+  if (!isReactElement(element)) {
     return undefined;
   }
 
-  if (component.props.attribute) {
-    return component.props.attribute;
+  if (element.props.attribute) {
+    return element.props.attribute;
   }
-  if (Array.isArray(component.props.attributes)) {
-    return component.props.attributes[0];
+  if (Array.isArray(element.props.attributes)) {
+    return element.props.attributes[0];
   }
-  if (component.props.children) {
-    return getAttribute(React.Children.only(component.props.children));
+  if (element.props.children) {
+    return getAttribute(React.Children.only(element.props.children));
   }
 
   return undefined;
@@ -32,7 +36,7 @@ function DynamicWidgets({
   attributesToRender,
   fallbackComponent: Fallback = () => null,
 }: DynamicWidgetsProps) {
-  const widgets: Map<string, ReactChild> = new Map();
+  const widgets: Map<string, ReactNode> = new Map();
 
   React.Children.forEach(children, (child) => {
     const attribute = getAttribute(child);
diff --git a/packages/react-instantsearch-core/src/widgets/Index.tsx b/packages/react-instantsearch-core/src/widgets/Index.tsx
index bbce51fc0f..22ad61716f 100644
--- a/packages/react-instantsearch-core/src/widgets/Index.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-instantsearch-core/src/widgets/Index.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ function getIndexContext(props: Props): IndexContext {
 type Props = {
   indexName: string;
   indexId: string;
+  children?: React.ReactNode;
 };
 
 type InnerProps = Props & { contextValue: InstantSearchContext };
diff --git a/packages/react-instantsearch-core/src/widgets/InstantSearch.tsx b/packages/react-instantsearch-core/src/widgets/InstantSearch.tsx
index ec3384eea2..89b93368fb 100644
--- a/packages/react-instantsearch-core/src/widgets/InstantSearch.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-instantsearch-core/src/widgets/InstantSearch.tsx
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ type Props = {
   }) => void;
   stalledSearchDelay?: number;
   resultsState?: ResultsState | { [indexId: string]: ResultsState };
+  children?: React.ReactNode;
 };
 
 type State = {
diff --git a/packages/react-instantsearch-dom/src/components/Hits.tsx b/packages/react-instantsearch-dom/src/components/Hits.tsx
index c0ff624d4f..241503e8e9 100644
--- a/packages/react-instantsearch-dom/src/components/Hits.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-instantsearch-dom/src/components/Hits.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type Props = {
   className?: string;
   hitComponent?:
     | string
-    | React.ReactType<HitProps>
+    | React.ElementType<HitProps>
     | React.ExoticComponent<HitProps>;
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/react-instantsearch-hooks-server/src/getServerState.tsx b/packages/react-instantsearch-hooks-server/src/getServerState.tsx
index f60dba592a..e6646710e9 100644
--- a/packages/react-instantsearch-hooks-server/src/getServerState.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-instantsearch-hooks-server/src/getServerState.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
 import type { InitialResults, InstantSearch } from 'instantsearch.js';
 import type { IndexWidget } from 'instantsearch.js/es/widgets/index/index';
 import type { ReactNode } from 'react';
-import type { renderToString as RenderToString } from 'react-dom/server';
+import type { renderToString as reactRenderToString } from 'react-dom/server';
 import type {
   InstantSearchServerContextApi,
   InstantSearchServerState,
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export function getServerState(
 
 type ExecuteArgs = {
   children: ReactNode;
-  renderToString: typeof RenderToString;
+  renderToString: typeof reactRenderToString;
   notifyServer: InstantSearchServerContextApi['notifyServer'];
   searchRef: SearchRef;
 };
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ function importRenderToString() {
   return Promise.all(modules.map((mod) => import(mod).catch(() => {}))).then(
     (imports: unknown[]) => {
       const ReactDOMServer = imports.find(
-        (mod): mod is { renderToString: typeof RenderToString } =>
+        (mod): mod is { renderToString: typeof reactRenderToString } =>
           mod !== undefined
       );
 
diff --git a/packages/react-instantsearch-hooks-web/src/ui/InternalHighlight.tsx b/packages/react-instantsearch-hooks-web/src/ui/InternalHighlight.tsx
index 404be4570a..1f7359f11e 100644
--- a/packages/react-instantsearch-hooks-web/src/ui/InternalHighlight.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-instantsearch-hooks-web/src/ui/InternalHighlight.tsx
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import { cx } from './lib/cx';
 type HighlightPartProps = {
   children: React.ReactNode;
   classNames: InternalHighlightClassNames;
-  highlightedTagName: React.ReactType;
-  nonHighlightedTagName: React.ReactType;
+  highlightedTagName: React.ElementType;
+  nonHighlightedTagName: React.ElementType;
   isHighlighted: boolean;
 };
 
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ export type InternalHighlightClassNames = {
 
 export type InternalHighlightProps = React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLSpanElement> & {
   classNames: InternalHighlightClassNames;
-  highlightedTagName?: React.ReactType;
-  nonHighlightedTagName?: React.ReactType;
+  highlightedTagName?: React.ElementType;
+  nonHighlightedTagName?: React.ElementType;
   separator?: React.ReactNode;
   parts: HighlightedPart[][];
 };
diff --git a/packages/react-instantsearch-hooks/src/components/DynamicWidgets.tsx b/packages/react-instantsearch-hooks/src/components/DynamicWidgets.tsx
index 5591dd911e..c53574c201 100644
--- a/packages/react-instantsearch-hooks/src/components/DynamicWidgets.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-instantsearch-hooks/src/components/DynamicWidgets.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { useDynamicWidgets } from '../connectors/useDynamicWidgets';
 import { invariant } from '../lib/invariant';
 
 import type { DynamicWidgetsConnectorParams } from 'instantsearch.js/es/connectors/dynamic-widgets/connectDynamicWidgets';
-import type { ReactChild, ComponentType, ReactNode } from 'react';
+import type { ReactElement, ComponentType, ReactNode } from 'react';
 
 function FallbackComponent() {
   return null;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export function DynamicWidgets({
   const { attributesToRender } = useDynamicWidgets(props, {
     $$widgetType: 'ais.dynamicWidgets',
   });
-  const widgets: Map<string, ReactChild> = new Map();
+  const widgets: Map<string, ReactNode> = new Map();
 
   React.Children.forEach(children, (child) => {
     const attribute = getWidgetAttribute(child);
@@ -56,22 +56,26 @@ export function DynamicWidgets({
   );
 }
 
-function getWidgetAttribute(component: ReactChild): string | undefined {
-  if (typeof component !== 'object') {
+function isReactElement(element: any): element is ReactElement {
+  return typeof element === 'object' && element.props;
+}
+
+function getWidgetAttribute(element: ReactNode): string | undefined {
+  if (!isReactElement(element)) {
     return undefined;
   }
 
-  if (component.props.attribute) {
-    return component.props.attribute;
+  if (element.props.attribute) {
+    return element.props.attribute;
   }
 
-  if (Array.isArray(component.props.attributes)) {
-    return component.props.attributes[0];
+  if (Array.isArray(element.props.attributes)) {
+    return element.props.attributes[0];
   }
 
-  if (component.props.children) {
+  if (element.props.children) {
     invariant(
-      React.Children.count(component.props.children) === 1,
+      React.Children.count(element.props.children) === 1,
       `<DynamicWidgets> only supports a single component in nested components. Make sure to not render multiple children in a parent component.
 
 Example of an unsupported scenario:
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@ Example of an unsupported scenario:
 `
     );
 
-    return getWidgetAttribute(React.Children.only(component.props.children));
+    return getWidgetAttribute(React.Children.only(element.props.children));
   }
 
   return undefined;
diff --git a/packages/react-instantsearch-hooks/src/lib/useForceUpdate.ts b/packages/react-instantsearch-hooks/src/lib/useForceUpdate.ts
index 46a9565409..dc9cf6d79d 100644
--- a/packages/react-instantsearch-hooks/src/lib/useForceUpdate.ts
+++ b/packages/react-instantsearch-hooks/src/lib/useForceUpdate.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { useReducer } from 'react';
  * @link https://reactjs.org/docs/hooks-faq.html#is-there-something-like-forceupdate
  */
 export function useForceUpdate() {
-  const [, forceUpdate] = useReducer<number, void>((x) => x + 1, 0);
+  const [, forceUpdate] = useReducer((x) => x + 1, 0);
 
   return forceUpdate;
 }
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index b5783fd7b0..11435c51d6 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -19,5 +19,13 @@
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true
   },
-  "exclude": ["examples/hooks-next/next-env.d.ts"]
+  "exclude": [
+    "examples/hooks-next/next-env.d.ts",
+    // @TODO: we need to re-enable type checking in the Next.js example
+    // once it's migrated to React 18.
+    "examples/hooks-next",
+    // @TODO: we need to re-enable type checking in the React Native example
+    // when the RN types work with React 18.
+    "examples/hooks-react-native"
+  ]
 }