diff --git a/native/account/registration/registration-text-input.react.js b/native/account/registration/registration-text-input.react.js
--- a/native/account/registration/registration-text-input.react.js
+++ b/native/account/registration/registration-text-input.react.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { TextInput } from 'react-native';
 
+import type { ReactRefSetter } from 'lib/types/react-types.js';
+
 import {
   useStyles,
   useColors,
@@ -11,7 +13,10 @@
 
 type Props = React.ElementConfig<typeof TextInput>;
 
-function ForwardedRegistrationTextInput(props: Props, ref): React.Node {
+function ForwardedRegistrationTextInput(
+  props: Props,
+  ref: ReactRefSetter<React.ElementRef<typeof TextInput>>,
+): React.Node {
   const {
     onFocus,
     onBlur,
diff --git a/native/bottom-sheet/bottom-sheet.react.js b/native/bottom-sheet/bottom-sheet.react.js
--- a/native/bottom-sheet/bottom-sheet.react.js
+++ b/native/bottom-sheet/bottom-sheet.react.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
+import type { ReactRefSetter } from 'lib/types/react-types.js';
+
 import BottomSheetBackdrop from './bottom-sheet-backdrop.react.js';
 import BottomSheetHandle from './bottom-sheet-handle.react.js';
 import { BottomSheetContext } from './bottom-sheet-provider.react.js';
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@
 
 function ForwardedBottomSheet(
   props: Props,
-  ref: React.Ref<typeof GorhomBottomSheet>,
+  ref: ReactRefSetter<typeof GorhomBottomSheet>,
 ): React.Node {
   const { children, onClosed } = props;
 
diff --git a/native/chat/chat-thread-list-search.react.js b/native/chat/chat-thread-list-search.react.js
--- a/native/chat/chat-thread-list-search.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/chat-thread-list-search.react.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 import { TextInput as BaseTextInput } from 'react-native';
 import Animated from 'react-native-reanimated';
 
+import type { ReactRefSetter } from 'lib/types/react-types.js';
+
 import type { SearchStatus } from './chat-thread-list.react.js';
 import Button from '../components/button.react.js';
 import Search from '../components/search.react.js';
@@ -25,7 +27,10 @@
   +innerSearchAutoFocus?: boolean,
   +innerSearchActive?: boolean,
 };
-function ForwardedChatThreadListSearch(props: Props, ref): React.Node {
+function ForwardedChatThreadListSearch(
+  props: Props,
+  ref: ReactRefSetter<React.ElementRef<typeof BaseTextInput>>,
+): React.Node {
   const {
     searchText,
     onChangeText,
diff --git a/native/components/gesture-touchable-opacity.react.js b/native/components/gesture-touchable-opacity.react.js
--- a/native/components/gesture-touchable-opacity.react.js
+++ b/native/components/gesture-touchable-opacity.react.js
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 } from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
 import Animated, { EasingNode } from 'react-native-reanimated';
 
+import type { ReactRefSetter } from 'lib/types/react-types.js';
+
 import type { AnimatedViewStyle, ViewStyle } from '../types/styles.js';
 import {
   runTiming,
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@
 };
 function ForwardedGestureTouchableOpacity(
   props: Props,
-  ref: React.Ref<typeof TapGestureHandler>,
+  ref: ReactRefSetter<TapGestureHandler>,
 ) {
   const { onPress: innerOnPress, onLongPress: innerOnLongPress } = props;
   const onPress = React.useCallback(() => {
diff --git a/native/components/search.react.js b/native/components/search.react.js
--- a/native/components/search.react.js
+++ b/native/components/search.react.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 } from 'react-native';
 
 import { isLoggedIn } from 'lib/selectors/user-selectors.js';
+import type { ReactRefSetter } from 'lib/types/react-types.js';
 
 import SWMansionIcon from './swmansion-icon.react.js';
 import TextInput from './text-input.react.js';
@@ -25,7 +26,10 @@
   +active?: boolean,
 };
 
-function ForwardedSearch(props: Props, ref) {
+function ForwardedSearch(
+  props: Props,
+  ref: ReactRefSetter<React.ElementRef<typeof BaseTextInput>>,
+) {
   const { onChangeText, searchText, containerStyle, active, ...rest } = props;
 
   const clearSearch = React.useCallback(() => {
diff --git a/native/components/selectable-text-input.react.ios.js b/native/components/selectable-text-input.react.ios.js
--- a/native/components/selectable-text-input.react.ios.js
+++ b/native/components/selectable-text-input.react.ios.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import type { Selection } from 'lib/shared/mention-utils.js';
+import type { ReactRefSetter } from 'lib/types/react-types.js';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/extensions
 import ClearableTextInput from './clearable-text-input.react';
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@
 
 const SelectableTextInput = React.forwardRef(function BaseSelectableTextInput(
   props,
-  ref,
+  ref: ReactRefSetter<SelectableTextInputRef>,
 ): React.Node {
   const {
     clearableTextInputRef,
diff --git a/native/components/selectable-text-input.react.js b/native/components/selectable-text-input.react.js
--- a/native/components/selectable-text-input.react.js
+++ b/native/components/selectable-text-input.react.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 
+import type { ReactRefSetter } from 'lib/types/react-types.js';
+
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/extensions
 import ClearableTextInput from './clearable-text-input.react';
 import type {
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@
 
 const SelectableTextInput = React.forwardRef(function BaseSelectableTextInput(
   props,
-  ref,
+  ref: ReactRefSetter<SelectableTextInputRef>,
 ): React.Node {
   const {
     clearableTextInputRef,
diff --git a/native/components/tag-input.react.js b/native/components/tag-input.react.js
--- a/native/components/tag-input.react.js
+++ b/native/components/tag-input.react.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 } from 'react-native';
 
 import type { Shape } from 'lib/types/core.js';
+import type { ReactRefSetter } from 'lib/types/react-types.js';
 
 import TextInput from './text-input.react.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
@@ -463,7 +464,7 @@
   return React.forwardRef<BaseConfig<T>, BaseTagInput<T>>(
     function ForwardedTagInput(
       props: BaseConfig<T>,
-      ref: React.Ref<typeof BaseTagInput>,
+      ref: ReactRefSetter<BaseTagInput<T>>,
     ) {
       const windowWidth = useSelector(state => state.dimensions.width);
       const colors = useColors();
diff --git a/native/components/text-input.react.js b/native/components/text-input.react.js
--- a/native/components/text-input.react.js
+++ b/native/components/text-input.react.js
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { TextInput } from 'react-native';
 
+import type { ReactRefSetter } from 'lib/types/react-types.js';
+
 import { useKeyboardAppearance } from '../themes/colors.js';
 
 type Props = React.ElementConfig<typeof TextInput>;
-function ForwardedTextInput(props: Props, ref): React.Node {
+function ForwardedTextInput(
+  props: Props,
+  ref: ReactRefSetter<React.ElementRef<typeof TextInput>>,
+): React.Node {
   const keyboardAppearance = useKeyboardAppearance();
   return (
     <TextInput keyboardAppearance={keyboardAppearance} {...props} ref={ref} />