diff --git a/.changeset/eleven-years-march.md b/.changeset/eleven-years-march.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b3fe07af0e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/eleven-years-march.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@primer/react': patch
+---
+
+fix react 18 typing for MarkdownEditor.Label
diff --git a/src/drafts/MarkdownEditor/Label.tsx b/src/drafts/MarkdownEditor/Label.tsx
index 926761bce70..5cc36a55485 100644
--- a/src/drafts/MarkdownEditor/Label.tsx
+++ b/src/drafts/MarkdownEditor/Label.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {MarkdownEditorContext} from './_MarkdownEditorContext'
 
 type LabelProps = SxProp & {
   visuallyHidden?: boolean
+  children?: React.ReactNode
 }
 
 // ref is not forwarded because InputLabel does not (yet) support it