diff --git a/.changeset/few-apes-march.md b/.changeset/few-apes-march.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad0f6f266
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/few-apes-march.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@graphql-codegen/typescript-react-apollo': patch
+---
+
+Move `graphql-tag` to `devDependencies` from `peerDependencies`.
diff --git a/packages/plugins/typescript/react-apollo/package.json b/packages/plugins/typescript/react-apollo/package.json
index 72d7bb0a0..de45c4bf4 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/typescript/react-apollo/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugins/typescript/react-apollo/package.json
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@
     "test": "jest --no-watchman --config ../../../../jest.config.js --forceExit"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "graphql": "^0.8.0 || ^0.9.0 || ^0.10.0 || ^0.11.0 || ^0.12.0 || ^0.13.0 || ^14.0.0 || ^15.0.0 || ^16.0.0",
-    "graphql-tag": "^2.0.0"
+    "graphql": "^0.8.0 || ^0.9.0 || ^0.10.0 || ^0.11.0 || ^0.12.0 || ^0.13.0 || ^14.0.0 || ^15.0.0 || ^16.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@graphql-codegen/plugin-helpers": "^3.0.0",
@@ -48,7 +47,8 @@
     "tslib": "~2.6.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@graphql-codegen/testing": "1.18.0"
+    "@graphql-codegen/testing": "1.18.0",
+    "graphql-tag": "^2.12.6"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
     "directory": "dist",