diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/events/plugins/__tests__/ModernChangeEventPlugin-test.js b/packages/react-dom/src/events/plugins/__tests__/ModernChangeEventPlugin-test.js
index 71a30e7e5d21..3c3290bfe2b1 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/events/plugins/__tests__/ModernChangeEventPlugin-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/events/plugins/__tests__/ModernChangeEventPlugin-test.js
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ describe('ChangeEventPlugin', () => {
   describe('concurrent mode', () => {
     // @gate experimental
     it('text input', () => {
-      const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(container);
+      const root = ReactDOM.unstable_createRoot(container);
       let input;
 
       class ControlledInput extends React.Component {
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ describe('ChangeEventPlugin', () => {
 
     // @gate experimental
     it('checkbox input', () => {
-      const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(container);
+      const root = ReactDOM.unstable_createRoot(container);
       let input;
 
       class ControlledInput extends React.Component {
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ describe('ChangeEventPlugin', () => {
 
     // @gate experimental
     it('textarea', () => {
-      const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(container);
+      const root = ReactDOM.unstable_createRoot(container);
       let textarea;
 
       class ControlledTextarea extends React.Component {
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ describe('ChangeEventPlugin', () => {
 
     // @gate experimental
     it('parent of input', () => {
-      const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(container);
+      const root = ReactDOM.unstable_createRoot(container);
       let input;
 
       class ControlledInput extends React.Component {
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ describe('ChangeEventPlugin', () => {
 
     // @gate experimental
     it('is async for non-input events', () => {
-      const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(container);
+      const root = ReactDOM.unstable_createRoot(container);
       let input;
 
       class ControlledInput extends React.Component {
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ describe('ChangeEventPlugin', () => {
       const {act} = TestUtils;
       const {useState} = React;
 
-      const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(container);
+      const root = ReactDOM.unstable_createRoot(container);
 
       const target = React.createRef(null);
       function Foo() {
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/events/plugins/__tests__/ModernSimpleEventPlugin-test.js b/packages/react-dom/src/events/plugins/__tests__/ModernSimpleEventPlugin-test.js
index dd8690389c16..a65019f4df12 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/events/plugins/__tests__/ModernSimpleEventPlugin-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/events/plugins/__tests__/ModernSimpleEventPlugin-test.js
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ describe('SimpleEventPlugin', function() {
     // @gate experimental
     it('flushes pending interactive work before extracting event handler', () => {
       container = document.createElement('div');
-      const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(container);
+      const root = ReactDOM.unstable_createRoot(container);
       document.body.appendChild(container);
 
       let button;
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ describe('SimpleEventPlugin', function() {
     // @gate experimental
     it('end result of many interactive updates is deterministic', () => {
       container = document.createElement('div');
-      const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(container);
+      const root = ReactDOM.unstable_createRoot(container);
       document.body.appendChild(container);
 
       let button;
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ describe('SimpleEventPlugin', function() {
       }
 
       // Initial mount
-      const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(container);
+      const root = ReactDOM.unstable_createRoot(container);
       root.render(<Wrapper />);
       expect(Scheduler).toFlushAndYield([
         'High-pri count: 0, Low-pri count: 0',