diff --git a/.changeset/curvy-houses-hang.md b/.changeset/curvy-houses-hang.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c15b072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/curvy-houses-hang.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@jrkropp/codex-js-react": patch
+---
+
+Replace the package's internal workspace dependency with a publishable semver range so npm consumers can install the React package from the registry.
diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c2b9be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+link-workspace-packages=true
+prefer-workspace-packages=true
diff --git a/packages/codex-js-react/package.json b/packages/codex-js-react/package.json
index 2cf0644..f6056b2 100644
--- a/packages/codex-js-react/package.json
+++ b/packages/codex-js-react/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 		"typecheck": "tsc -p tsconfig.json --pretty false"
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
-		"@jrkropp/codex-js": "workspace:^",
+		"@jrkropp/codex-js": "^0.2.0",
 		"@legendapp/list": "^3.0.0-beta.44",
 		"@lexical/react": "^0.44.0",
 		"class-variance-authority": "^0.7.1",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 680904d..1f9fcb8 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ importers:
   packages/codex-js-react:
     dependencies:
       '@jrkropp/codex-js':
-        specifier: workspace:^
+        specifier: ^0.2.0
         version: link:../codex-js
       '@legendapp/list':
         specifier: ^3.0.0-beta.44
diff --git a/tests/package.test.ts b/tests/package.test.ts
index 5e70b43..d7a9823 100644
--- a/tests/package.test.ts
+++ b/tests/package.test.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ describe("npm package boundaries", () => {
 		for (const packageJson of [corePackageJson, reactPackageJson]) {
 			const metadata = JSON.stringify(packageJson);
 			expect(metadata).not.toContain("./src/");
+			expect(metadata).not.toContain("workspace:");
 			expect(metadata).not.toContain("unstable");
 			expect(metadata).not.toContain("codex-rs");
 			expect(metadata).not.toContain("t3code");