diff --git a/src/index.test.tsx b/src/index.test.tsx
index b5b9b792..a6c06664 100644
--- a/src/index.test.tsx
+++ b/src/index.test.tsx
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ const HotkeysWithRef = ({onPress}: { onPress: () => void }) => {
   const ref = useHotkeys<HTMLDivElement>('a', onPress);
 
   return (
-    <section ref={ref}>
+    <section ref={ref} tabIndex={0}>
       <input type="text" data-testid={'input'}/>
     </section>
   );
@@ -186,7 +186,10 @@ test('useHotkeys should only fire when element is focused if a ref is set.', asy
   expect(called).toBe(false);
 
   reactAct(() => {
-    section!.focus()
+    section!.focus();
+  });
+
+  act(() => {
     fireEvent.keyDown(section!, {key: 'a', keyCode: 65});
   });
 
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 8410f763..27a26a4c 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -21,19 +21,18 @@ export function useHotkeys<T extends Element>(keys: string, callback: KeyHandler
     deps = options;
     options = undefined;
   }
-
   const {enableOnTags, filter} = options || {};
 
   const ref = useRef<T | null>(null);
+
   const memoisedCallback = useCallback((keyboardEvent: KeyboardEvent, hotkeysEvent: HotkeysEvent) => {
     if (ref.current === null || document.activeElement === ReactDOM.findDOMNode(ref.current)) {
       callback(keyboardEvent, hotkeysEvent);
-
       return true;
     }
 
     return false;
-  }, deps && deps.concat(ref) || [ref]);
+  }, deps ? [ref, ...deps] : [ref]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (options && (options as Options).enableOnTags) {
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ export function useHotkeys<T extends Element>(keys: string, callback: KeyHandler
     hotkeys(keys, (options as Options) || {}, memoisedCallback);
 
     return () => hotkeys.unbind(keys, memoisedCallback);
-  }, [memoisedCallback, options]);
+  }, [memoisedCallback, options, enableOnTags, filter, keys]);
 
   return ref;
-}
+}
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