diff --git a/template/package.json b/template/package.json
index 068594ba..4daafb67 100644
--- a/template/package.json
+++ b/template/package.json
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
     "react-test-renderer": "16.13.1",
     "typescript": "^3.8.3"
   },
+  "resolutions": {
+    "@types/react": "^16"
+  },
   "jest": {
     "preset": "react-native",
     "moduleFileExtensions": [
diff --git a/template/tsconfig.json b/template/tsconfig.json
index e20bdd56..b69702fd 100644
--- a/template/tsconfig.json
+++ b/template/tsconfig.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,     /* Allow default imports from modules with no default export. This does not affect code emit, just typechecking. */
     "esModuleInterop": true,                  /* Enables emit interoperability between CommonJS and ES Modules via creation of namespace objects for all imports. Implies 'allowSyntheticDefaultImports'. */
     // "preserveSymlinks": true,              /* Do not resolve the real path of symlinks. */
-    "skipLibCheck": true                      /* Skip type checking of declaration files. */
+    "skipLibCheck": false                      /* Skip type checking of declaration files. */
 
     /* Source Map Options */
     // "sourceRoot": "./",                    /* Specify the location where debugger should locate TypeScript files instead of source locations. */