diff --git a/packages/component-dashboard/package.json b/packages/component-dashboard/package.json
index 84286c37b975cd8a8f95ebc814e2f1f464a4f32d..4cc09c79703d7e84d7b7bdd49d9c1bd038b98145 100644
--- a/packages/component-dashboard/package.json
+++ b/packages/component-dashboard/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     "jest": "^22.1.1",
     "node-sass": "^4.5.3",
     "react-styleguidist": "^6.0.8",
-    "react-test-renderer": "^16.2.0",
+    "react-test-renderer": "^15.6.2",
     "sass-loader": "^6.0.6",
     "style-loader": "^0.19.0",
     "webpack": "^3.8.1",
diff --git a/packages/component-dashboard/src/components/Dashboard.test.js b/packages/component-dashboard/src/components/Dashboard.test.js
index a9a9e89bfd7d67dd8f64297e04d299cac489250e..dfcd1201c407a39817e99792bf91e5936b87c5e1 100644
--- a/packages/component-dashboard/src/components/Dashboard.test.js
+++ b/packages/component-dashboard/src/components/Dashboard.test.js
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@ jest.mock('config', () => ({ 'pubsweet-client': {} }))
 
 describe('Dashboard', () => {
   it('can render', () => {
-    // doesn't actually work cos of missing props
-    const wrapper = shallow(<Dashboard />)
-    console.log(wrapper.debug())
+    const dashboard = {
+      owner: [],
+      reviewer: [],
+      editor: [],
+    }
+    shallow(<Dashboard dashboard={dashboard} />)
   })
 })
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5dd0abbf59e2e78088ea5c3405c28b8226d4f03a..eb9f5d31429e918fb8aecaf690cc3f639c668a03 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8845,13 +8845,12 @@ react-tag-autocomplete@^5.4.1:
   version "5.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-tag-autocomplete/-/react-tag-autocomplete-5.5.0.tgz#49841388b88323f6bccb0c10039bd0252875b49f"
 
-react-test-renderer@^16.2.0:
-  version "16.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-test-renderer/-/react-test-renderer-16.2.0.tgz#bddf259a6b8fcd8555f012afc8eacc238872a211"
+react-test-renderer@^15.6.2:
+  version "15.6.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-test-renderer/-/react-test-renderer-15.6.2.tgz#d0333434fc2c438092696ca770da5ed48037efa8"
   dependencies:
-    fbjs "^0.8.16"
-    object-assign "^4.1.1"
-    prop-types "^15.6.0"
+    fbjs "^0.8.9"
+    object-assign "^4.1.0"
 
 react@^15.4.4, react@^15.6.1:
   version "15.6.2"