diff --git a/lib/components/Modal.js b/lib/components/Modal.js
index c9059f3d..8efb9ab1 100644
--- a/lib/components/Modal.js
+++ b/lib/components/Modal.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-/** @jsx React.DOM */
 var React = require('react');
-var ModalPortal = require('./ModalPortal');
+var ModalPortal = React.createFactory(require('./ModalPortal'));
 var ariaAppHider = require('../helpers/ariaAppHider');
 var injectCSS = require('../helpers/injectCSS');
 
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ var Modal = module.exports = React.createClass({
     if (this.portal)
       this.portal.setProps(props);
     else
-      this.portal = React.renderComponent(ModalPortal(props), this.node);
+      this.portal = React.render(ModalPortal(props), this.node);
   },
 
   render: function () {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6e862aea..1c1ed79c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@
     "karma-firefox-launcher": "0.1.3",
     "karma-mocha": "0.1.3",
     "mocha": "1.20.1",
-    "react": ">=0.11.0",
+    "react": ">=0.12.0",
     "reactify": "^0.14.0",
     "rf-release": "0.3.1",
     "uglify-js": "2.4.15",
     "webpack-dev-server": "1.6.5"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "react": ">=0.11.0"
+    "react": ">=0.12.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {},
   "tags": [
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@
   "browserify-shim": {
     "react": "global:React"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/specs/Modal.spec.js b/specs/Modal.spec.js
index 01a4d1a3..5563e9ab 100644
--- a/specs/Modal.spec.js
+++ b/specs/Modal.spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require('./helper');
-var Modal = require('../lib/components/Modal');
 var React = require('react/addons');
+var Modal = require('../lib/components/Modal');
 var Simulate = React.addons.TestUtils.Simulate;
 var ariaAppHider = require('../lib/helpers/ariaAppHider');
 var button = React.DOM.button;
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe('Modal', function () {
   it('throws without an appElement', function() {
     var node = document.createElement('div');
     throws(function() {
-      React.renderComponent(Modal({isOpen: true}), node);
+      React.render(React.createElement(Modal, {isOpen: true}), node);
     });
     React.unmountComponentAtNode(node);
   });
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ describe('Modal', function () {
     var app = document.createElement('div');
     var node = document.createElement('div');
     Modal.setAppElement(app);
-    React.renderComponent(Modal({isOpen: true}), node);
+    React.render(React.createElement(Modal, {isOpen: true}), node);
     equal(app.getAttribute('aria-hidden'), 'true');
     ariaAppHider.resetForTesting();
     React.unmountComponentAtNode(node);
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ describe('Modal', function () {
   it('accepts appElement as a prop', function() {
     var el = document.createElement('div');
     var node = document.createElement('div');
-    React.renderComponent(Modal({
+    React.render(React.createElement(Modal, {
       isOpen: true,
       appElement: el
     }), node);
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ describe('Modal', function () {
     var node = document.createElement('div');
     var App = React.createClass({
       render: function() {
-        return React.DOM.div({}, Modal({isOpen: true, ariaHideApp: false}, 'hello'));
+        return React.DOM.div({}, React.createElement(Modal, {isOpen: true, ariaHideApp: false}, 'hello'));
       }
     });
-    React.renderComponent(App(), node);
+    React.render(React.createElement(App), node);
     var modalParent = document.body.querySelector('.ReactModalPortal').parentNode;
     equal(modalParent, document.body);
     React.unmountComponentAtNode(node);
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ describe('Modal', function () {
   it('has default props', function() {
     var node = document.createElement('div');
     Modal.setAppElement(document.createElement('div'));
-    var component = React.renderComponent(Modal(), node);
+    var component = React.render(React.createElement(Modal), node);
     var props = component.props;
     equal(props.isOpen, false);
     equal(props.ariaHideApp, true);
@@ -122,13 +122,13 @@ describe('Modal', function () {
   //it('adds --before-close for animations', function() {
     //var node = document.createElement('div');
 
-    //var component = React.renderComponent(Modal({
+    //var component = React.render(React.createElement(Modal, {
       //isOpen: true,
       //ariaHideApp: false,
       //closeTimeoutMS: 50,
     //}), node);
 
-    //component = React.renderComponent(Modal({
+    //component = React.render(React.createElement(Modal, {
       //isOpen: false,
       //ariaHideApp: false,
       //closeTimeoutMS: 50,
diff --git a/specs/helper.js b/specs/helper.js
index 738caaf4..2d23397c 100644
--- a/specs/helper.js
+++ b/specs/helper.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 assert = require('assert');
 React = require('react/addons');
-var Modal = require('../lib/components/Modal');
+var Modal = React.createFactory(require('../lib/components/Modal'));
 
 ReactTestUtils = React.addons.TestUtils;
 ok = assert.ok;
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ renderModal = function(props, children, callback) {
   props.ariaHideApp = false;
   _currentDiv = document.createElement('div');
   document.body.appendChild(_currentDiv);
-  return React.renderComponent(Modal(props, children), _currentDiv, callback);
+  return React.render(Modal(props, children), _currentDiv, callback);
 };
 
 unmountModal = function() {