diff --git a/admin/test-bad-package/README.mdx b/admin/test-bad-package/README.mdx
index d05a79ed3949..a07deee44cfb 100644
--- a/admin/test-bad-package/README.mdx
+++ b/admin/test-bad-package/README.mdx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # test-bad-package
 
-This package declares a wrong React version on purpose
+This package declares a wrong React version on purpose (v15.7.0)
 
-The goal is to test that the MD/MDX content of this package can still be rendered by the website.
+The goal is to test that the MD/MDX content of this package can still be imported/rendered by our website.
 
 See related issue https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/issues/9027
 
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/base.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/base.ts
index 5d3ab12bedf9..c02857d13994 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/base.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/base.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ const LibrariesToTranspileRegex = new RegExp(
   LibrariesToTranspile.map((libName) => `(node_modules/${libName})`).join('|'),
 );
 
+const ReactAliases: Record<string, string> = process.env
+  .DOCUSAURUS_NO_REACT_ALIASES
+  ? {}
+  : {
+      react: path.dirname(require.resolve('react/package.json')),
+      'react-dom': path.dirname(require.resolve('react-dom/package.json')),
+    };
+
 export function excludeJS(modulePath: string): boolean {
   // Always transpile client dir
   if (modulePath.startsWith(clientDir)) {
@@ -136,6 +144,7 @@ export async function createBaseConfig({
         process.cwd(),
       ],
       alias: {
+        ...ReactAliases,
         '@site': siteDir,
         '@generated': generatedFilesDir,
         ...(await loadDocusaurusAliases()),