diff --git a/app/preact/package.json b/app/preact/package.json
index 6d1fa376c31f..a0731d32dae6 100644
--- a/app/preact/package.json
+++ b/app/preact/package.json
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@
     "ts-dedent": "^1.1.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "preact": "^8.4.2"
+    "preact": "^10.4.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "*",
-    "preact": "^8.4.2",
+    "preact": "^10.0.0",
     "react": "*",
     "react-dom": "*"
   },
diff --git a/app/preact/src/client/preview/render.tsx b/app/preact/src/client/preview/render.tsx
index 7626371b3241..693b5451270e 100644
--- a/app/preact/src/client/preview/render.tsx
+++ b/app/preact/src/client/preview/render.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { document } from 'global';
 import dedent from 'ts-dedent';
 import { RenderContext } from './types';
 
-let renderedStory: Element;
 const rootElement = document ? document.getElementById('root') : null;
 
 export default function renderMain({ storyFn, kind, name, showMain, showError }: RenderContext) {
@@ -20,9 +19,9 @@ export default function renderMain({ storyFn, kind, name, showMain, showError }:
     return;
   }
 
-  render(null, rootElement, renderedStory);
+  render(null, rootElement);
 
   showMain();
 
-  renderedStory = render(element, rootElement);
+  render(element, rootElement);
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8cec18312dc9..d25ea0e45149 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -25815,6 +25815,11 @@ preact-render-to-json@^3.6.6:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/preact-render-to-json/-/preact-render-to-json-3.6.6.tgz#f67f48581912ac53fc9f4873bc6d7ce342f71c20"
   integrity sha1-9n9IWBkSrFP8n0hzvG1840L3HCA=
 
+preact@^10.4.0:
+  version "10.4.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/preact/-/preact-10.4.4.tgz#0bd6d759ec2f8684aaf8c63c7f076191e46528cf"
+  integrity sha512-EaTJrerceyAPatQ+vfnadoopsMBZAOY7ak9ogVdUi5xbpR8SoHgtLryXnW+4mQOwt21icqoVR1brkU2dq7pEBA==
+
 preact@^8.4.2:
   version "8.5.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/preact/-/preact-8.5.3.tgz#78c2a5562fcecb1fed1d0055fa4ac1e27bde17c1"