My best guess is you're reading this because you saw it too: the peer dependency error in your terminal while installing drizzle-orm in your Next.js 14 application. Let's fix it.
A Peek at the error
Here's a clipped view of my setup package.json:
"dependencies": {
...
"next": "14.2.4",
"react": "^18.3.1",
"react-dom": "^18.3.1",
},
When I run npm install drizzle-orm I get slammed with a conflicting peer dependency error. Here’s what it looks like;
❯ npm install drizzle-orm
npm ERR! code ERESOLVE
npm ERR! ERESOLVE could not resolve
npm ERR!
npm ERR! While resolving: xxx@0.1.0
npm ERR! Found: react@18.3.1
npm ERR! node_modules/react
npm ERR! peer react@">=18 || >=19.0.0-beta" from @clerk/clerk-react@5.2.7
npm ERR! node_modules/@clerk/clerk-react
[...]
npm ERR! Could not resolve dependency:
npm ERR! drizzle-orm@"*" from the root project
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Conflicting peer dependency: react@18.2.0
npm ERR! node_modules/react
npm ERR! peer react@"18.2.0" from react-native@0.74.3
npm ERR! node_modules/react-native
[...]
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Fix the upstream dependency conflict, or retry
npm ERR! this command with --force or --legacy-peer-deps
npm ERR! to accept an incorrect (and potentially broken) dependency resolution.
Translating to human speak:
While resolving xxx@0.1.0, I found react@18.3.1
npm ERR! While resolving: xxx@0.1.0
npm ERR! Found: react@18.3.1
However, I can't resolve drizzle-orm@"*" from the root project because I need react@18.2.0 and it conflicts with the react@18.3.1 I found earlier.
npm ERR! Could not resolve dependency:
npm ERR! drizzle-orm@"*" from the root project
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Conflicting peer dependency: react@18.2.0
The Fix
I found that updating all the dependencies fixed the issue.
Step 1: Update the dependencies
Run the following command to update all existing dependencies listed in your package.json file to their latest compatible versions;
npm update --save
npm update --save-dev
Step 2: Install drizzle-orm
Finally, install the drizzle-orm package as a dependency:
npm install --save drizzle-orm
That should fix it!