diff --git a/packages/component-manuscript/package.json b/packages/component-manuscript/package.json
index 8f897f54d729617c135ae5ca429b0dd37065e60a..7da68356147ec77864aff529520a868aa3912f77 100644
--- a/packages/component-manuscript/package.json
+++ b/packages/component-manuscript/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   ],
   "main": "src",
   "dependencies": {
-    "wax-editor-react": "^0.1.7",
+    "wax-editor-react": "^0.1.8",
     "xpub-connect": "^0.0.2",
     "xpub-selectors": "^0.0.2"
   },
diff --git a/packages/component-review/package.json b/packages/component-review/package.json
index 7824ddc8a8de19a7775f8668da5db217d9758f09..670ff5a8b216575e6ad102010c031c0a8d9dbab5 100644
--- a/packages/component-review/package.json
+++ b/packages/component-review/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "redux-form": "^7.0.3",
     "striptags": "^3.1.0",
     "uuid": "^3.1.0",
-    "wax-editor-react": "^0.1.7",
+    "wax-editor-react": "^0.1.8",
     "xpub-connect": "^0.0.2",
     "xpub-edit": "^0.0.2",
     "xpub-journal": "^0.0.2",