diff --git a/.changeset/dull-berries-call.md b/.changeset/dull-berries-call.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ea8c4b5901f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/dull-berries-call.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@primer/react': patch
+---
+
+Update useMergedRefs so that in React 18 no warning is emitted
diff --git a/packages/react/src/hooks/__tests__/useMergedRefs.test.tsx b/packages/react/src/hooks/__tests__/useMergedRefs.test.tsx
index 329dd9e8908..4e826cf1e32 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/hooks/__tests__/useMergedRefs.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/hooks/__tests__/useMergedRefs.test.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {render, renderHook} from '@testing-library/react'
 import React, {forwardRef, type RefObject} from 'react'
 import {describe, expect, it, vi} from 'vitest'
+import {reactMajorVersion} from '../../utils/environment'
 import {useMergedRefs} from '../useMergedRefs'
 
 type InputOrButtonRef = RefObject<HTMLInputElement & HTMLButtonElement>
@@ -142,6 +143,15 @@ describe('useMergedRefs', () => {
       expect(refA).toHaveBeenCalledWith('test')
       expect(refB).toHaveBeenCalledWith('test')
 
+      if (reactMajorVersion < 19) {
+        expect(cleanup).toBeUndefined()
+        return
+      }
+
+      if (typeof cleanup !== 'function') {
+        throw new Error('Expected a cleanup function when running on React 19+')
+      }
+
       // React 19 will call cleanup function and not pass null
       cleanup()
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/hooks/useMergedRefs.ts b/packages/react/src/hooks/useMergedRefs.ts
index 4b3ed9ab661..00bb7ec307c 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/hooks/useMergedRefs.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/hooks/useMergedRefs.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type {ForwardedRef, Ref as StandardRef, MutableRefObject} from 'react'
 import {useCallback} from 'react'
+import {reactMajorVersion} from '../utils/environment'
 
 /**
  * Combine two refs of matching type (typically an external or forwarded ref and an internal `useRef` object or
@@ -37,6 +38,11 @@ export function useMergedRefs<T>(refA: Ref<T | null>, refB: Ref<T | null>) {
       const cleanupA = setRef(refA, value)
       const cleanupB = setRef(refB, value)
 
+      // TODO: remove when we are on React 19
+      if (reactMajorVersion < 19) {
+        return
+      }
+
       // Only works in React 19. In React 18, the cleanup function will be ignored and the ref will get called with
       // `null` which will be passed to each ref as expected.
       return () => {
diff --git a/packages/react/src/utils/environment.js b/packages/react/src/utils/environment.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 05d95019d8a..00000000000
--- a/packages/react/src/utils/environment.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Indicate whether current execution environment can access the DOM.
- *
- * @see https://github.com/facebook/fbjs/blob/4d1751311d3f67af2dcce2e40df8512a23c7b9c6/packages/fbjs/src/core/ExecutionEnvironment.js#L12
- */
-// eslint-disable-next-line ssr-friendly/no-dom-globals-in-module-scope
-export const canUseDOM = !!(typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.document && window.document.createElement)
diff --git a/packages/react/src/utils/environment.ts b/packages/react/src/utils/environment.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4e8db18f46f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/src/utils/environment.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import {version} from 'react'
+
+/**
+ * Indicate whether current execution environment can access the DOM.
+ *
+ * @see https://github.com/facebook/fbjs/blob/4d1751311d3f67af2dcce2e40df8512a23c7b9c6/packages/fbjs/src/core/ExecutionEnvironment.js#L12
+ */
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition,ssr-friendly/no-dom-globals-in-module-scope
+const canUseDOM = !!(typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.document && window.document.createElement)
+
+// Grab the major version from react. This could be formatted as any valid
+// semver version, e.g.:
+//
+// - 19.0.0
+// - 19.0.0-rc.1
+// - 0.0.0-{channel}-{commit}-{time}
+//
+// So we only pull the first part of the version and parse it.
+const reactVersion = version.split('.')
+const reactMajorVersion = parseInt(reactVersion[0], 10)
+
+export {canUseDOM, reactMajorVersion}