diff --git a/packages/create-vite/template-preact-ts/src/main.tsx b/packages/create-vite/template-preact-ts/src/main.tsx
index 812f602e33bc95..e0ce3e9980eecd 100644
--- a/packages/create-vite/template-preact-ts/src/main.tsx
+++ b/packages/create-vite/template-preact-ts/src/main.tsx
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ import { render } from 'preact'
 import { App } from './app'
 import './index.css'
 
-render(<App />, document.getElementById('app')!)
+render(<App />, document.getElementById('app') as HTMLElement)