diff --git a/packages/utils/upgrade/resources/codemods/5.0.0/dependency-upgrade-react-and-react-dom.json.ts b/packages/utils/upgrade/resources/codemods/5.0.0/dependency-upgrade-react-and-react-dom.json.ts
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+import path from 'node:path';
+import semver from 'semver';
+
+import type { modules } from '../../../dist';
+
+const REACT_DEP_NAME = 'react';
+const REACT_DEP_PATH = `dependencies.${REACT_DEP_NAME}`;
+
+const REACT_DOM_DEP_NAME = 'react-dom';
+const REACT_DOM_DEP_PATH = `dependencies.${REACT_DOM_DEP_NAME}`;
+
+const DEP_NEW_VERSION_RANGE = '^18.0.0';
+
+/**
+ * Specifically targets the root package.json and updates the react and react-dom dependency version.
+ *
+ * We first check if the react and react-dom dependency is listed in the package.json. If the dependency is
+ * found, we verify its version.
+ *
+ * If the detected version does not satisfy the new version range, we replace it with the new one.
+ *
+ * Conversely, if no react or react-dom dependency is listed, we add it with the new version range.
+ */
+const transform: modules.runner.json.JSONTransform = (file, params) => {
+  const { cwd, json } = params;
+
+  const rootPackageJsonPath = path.join(cwd, 'package.json');
+
+  if (file.path !== rootPackageJsonPath) {
+    return file.json;
+  }
+
+  const j = json(file.json);
+
+  if (j.has(REACT_DEP_PATH) && j.has(REACT_DOM_DEP_PATH)) {
+    const currentReactVersion = j.get(REACT_DEP_PATH);
+    const currentReactDOMVersion = j.get(REACT_DOM_DEP_PATH);
+
+    // If the current version is not a string, then something is wrong, abort
+    if (typeof currentReactVersion !== 'string' || typeof currentReactDOMVersion !== 'string') {
+      return j.root();
+    }
+
+    const currentSatisfiesNew =
+      semver.satisfies(currentReactVersion, DEP_NEW_VERSION_RANGE) &&
+      semver.satisfies(currentReactDOMVersion, DEP_NEW_VERSION_RANGE);
+
+    // if the current version satisfies the new range, keep it as is and abort
+    if (currentSatisfiesNew) {
+      return j.root();
+    }
+
+    // else, update the version with the new one
+    j.set(REACT_DEP_PATH, DEP_NEW_VERSION_RANGE);
+    j.set(REACT_DOM_DEP_PATH, DEP_NEW_VERSION_RANGE);
+  }
+
+  // If the dependency is not listed yet, add it
+  else {
+    j.set(REACT_DEP_PATH, DEP_NEW_VERSION_RANGE);
+    j.set(REACT_DOM_DEP_PATH, DEP_NEW_VERSION_RANGE);
+  }
+
+  return j.root();
+};
+
+export default transform;