diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 763d3c28..f3efe3ff 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 .LSOverride
 
 # Icon must end with two \r
-Icon

+Icon
+
 
 # Thumbnails
 ._*
@@ -131,3 +132,4 @@ captures/
 
 ### Android Patch ###
 gen-external-apklibs
+yarn.lock
diff --git a/lib/Components/Widgets/Picker.js b/lib/Components/Widgets/Picker.js
index 235663b9..2f16c9f9 100644
--- a/lib/Components/Widgets/Picker.js
+++ b/lib/Components/Widgets/Picker.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ var _react = require('react');
 
 var _react2 = _interopRequireDefault(_react);
 
+var createReactClass = require('create-react-class');
+
 var _reactNative = require('react-native');
 
 var _NativeBaseComponent2 = require('../Base/NativeBaseComponent');
@@ -73,11 +75,11 @@ var PickerNB = function (_NativeBaseComponent) {
 exports.default = PickerNB;
 
 
-PickerNB.Item = _react2.default.createClass({
+PickerNB.Item = createReactClass({
     displayName: 'Item',
 
 
     render: function render() {
         return _react2.default.createElement(_reactNative.Picker.Item, typeof this.props === "function" ? this.props() : this.props);
     }
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a2c74bec..fa277b81 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,11 +36,12 @@
     "babel-preset-stage-0": "^6.5.0",
     "babel-preset-stage-1": "6.5.0",
     "babel-runtime": "6.9.2",
+    "create-react-class": "^15.6.3",
     "del-cli": "^0.2.1",
     "eslint": "^2.9.0",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^5.0.1",
     "prop-types": "^15.6.0",
-    "react": "^15.1.0",
+    "react": "^16.8.6",
     "react-native-web-extended": "0.0.6"
   },
   "rnpm": {