diff --git a/code/lib/cli/src/sandbox-templates.ts b/code/lib/cli/src/sandbox-templates.ts
index e7a55f4ba360..0b5a49baa687 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli/src/sandbox-templates.ts
+++ b/code/lib/cli/src/sandbox-templates.ts
@@ -228,16 +228,16 @@ const baseTemplates = {
     name: 'React Prerelease (Vite | TypeScript)',
     /**
      * 1. Create a Vite project with the React template
-     * 2. Add React beta versions
+     * 2. Add React RC versions
      * 3. Add resolutions for @types/react and @types/react-dom, see https://react.dev/blog/2024/04/25/react-19-upgrade-guide#installing
-     * 4. Add @types/react and @types/react-dom pointing to the beta packages
+     * 4. Add @types/react and @types/react-dom pointing to the RC packages
      */
     script: `
       npm create vite --yes {{beforeDir}} -- --template react-ts && \
       cd {{beforeDir}} && \
-      yarn add react@beta react-dom@beta && \
-      jq '.resolutions += {"@types/react": "npm:types-react@beta", "@types/react-dom": "npm:types-react-dom@beta"}' package.json > tmp.json && mv tmp.json package.json && \
-      yarn add --dev @types/react@npm:types-react@beta @types/react-dom@npm:types-react-dom@beta
+      yarn add react@rc react-dom@rc && \
+      jq '.resolutions += {"@types/react": "npm:types-react@rc", "@types/react-dom": "npm:types-react-dom@rc"}' package.json > tmp.json && mv tmp.json package.json && \
+      yarn add --dev @types/react@npm:types-react@rc @types/react-dom@npm:types-react-dom@rc
       `,
     expected: {
       framework: '@storybook/react-vite',