diff --git a/packages/react-avatar/package.json b/packages/react-avatar/package.json
index 9b3bc46877a3c1..195a4a347de697 100644
--- a/packages/react-avatar/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-avatar/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "@fluentui/react-icons": "^2.0.159-beta.10",
     "@fluentui/react-theme": "9.0.0-rc.4",
     "@fluentui/react-shared-contexts": "9.0.0-rc.4",
-    "@fluentui/react-utilities": "^9.0.0-rc.5",
+    "@fluentui/react-utilities": "9.0.0-rc.5",
     "@griffel/react": "1.0.0",
     "tslib": "^2.1.0"
   },