diff --git a/code/renderers/preact/src/render.tsx b/code/renderers/preact/src/render.tsx
index 56c599006e86..b413306a2f63 100644
--- a/code/renderers/preact/src/render.tsx
+++ b/code/renderers/preact/src/render.tsx
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ export const render: ArgsStoryFn<PreactRenderer> = (args, context) => {
     );
   }
 
-  // @ts-expect-error I think the type of Component should be Preact.ComponentType, but even that
-  // doesn't make TS happy, I suspect because TS wants "react" components.
-  return <Component {...args} />;
+  return h(Component, args);
 };
 
 let renderedStory: Element;