diff --git a/packages/core/integration-tests/test/integration/jsx-automatic-16/index.js b/packages/core/integration-tests/test/integration/jsx-automatic-16/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8d097d55d7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/integration-tests/test/integration/jsx-automatic-16/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = <div />;
diff --git a/packages/core/integration-tests/test/integration/jsx-automatic-16/node_modules/react/jsx-dev-runtime.js b/packages/core/integration-tests/test/integration/jsx-automatic-16/node_modules/react/jsx-dev-runtime.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/packages/core/integration-tests/test/integration/jsx-automatic-16/node_modules/react/jsx-runtime.js b/packages/core/integration-tests/test/integration/jsx-automatic-16/node_modules/react/jsx-runtime.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/packages/core/integration-tests/test/integration/jsx-automatic-16/node_modules/react/package.json b/packages/core/integration-tests/test/integration/jsx-automatic-16/node_modules/react/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bcbea4166f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/integration-tests/test/integration/jsx-automatic-16/node_modules/react/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "name": "react"
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/integration-tests/test/integration/jsx-automatic-16/package.json b/packages/core/integration-tests/test/integration/jsx-automatic-16/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8716e63d8d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/integration-tests/test/integration/jsx-automatic-16/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "private": true,
+  "dependencies": {
+    "react": "16.14.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/integration-tests/test/integration/jsx-automatic-16/yarn.lock b/packages/core/integration-tests/test/integration/jsx-automatic-16/yarn.lock
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/packages/core/integration-tests/test/transpilation.js b/packages/core/integration-tests/test/transpilation.js
index c5e52a89bc7..a630267eee5 100644
--- a/packages/core/integration-tests/test/transpilation.js
+++ b/packages/core/integration-tests/test/transpilation.js
@@ -203,6 +203,16 @@ describe('transpilation', function () {
     assert(file.includes('_jsxDevRuntime.jsxDEV("div"'));
   });
 
+  it('should support the automatic JSX runtime with React ^16.14.0', async function () {
+    let b = await bundle(
+      path.join(__dirname, '/integration/jsx-automatic-16/index.js'),
+    );
+
+    let file = await outputFS.readFile(b.getBundles()[0].filePath, 'utf8');
+    assert(file.includes('react/jsx-dev-runtime'));
+    assert(file.includes('_jsxDevRuntime.jsxDEV("div"'));
+  });
+
   it('should support the automatic JSX runtime with React 18 prereleases', async function () {
     let b = await bundle(
       path.join(__dirname, '/integration/jsx-automatic-18/index.js'),
diff --git a/packages/transformers/js/src/JSTransformer.js b/packages/transformers/js/src/JSTransformer.js
index e65989c700b..b513df85c6f 100644
--- a/packages/transformers/js/src/JSTransformer.js
+++ b/packages/transformers/js/src/JSTransformer.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const JSX_PRAGMA = {
   react: {
     pragma: 'React.createElement',
     pragmaFrag: 'React.Fragment',
-    automatic: '>= 17.0.0 || >= 0.0.0-0 < 0.0.0',
+    automatic: '>= 17.0.0 || ^16.14.0 || >= 0.0.0-0 < 0.0.0',
   },
   preact: {
     pragma: 'h',