diff --git a/.changeset/spicy-dragons-search.md b/.changeset/spicy-dragons-search.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a2d860a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/spicy-dragons-search.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@web/storybook-utils': patch
+'@web/mocks': patch
+---
+
+try to prevent npm update issue "Could not resolve dependency" between Storybook 7 and 8
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a4935c79c..94f323753 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -5929,7 +5929,6 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@storybook/core-events/-/core-events-8.5.5.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-QDquWLfIBIGfaEwHfwzMhvSntiIiWNkn7D6a6OWDcPXBWAfQcuMf5jX1ngysrJseefmPJQQ2dSQDSrtrYGDhTQ==",
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "funding": {
         "type": "opencollective",
         "url": "https://opencollective.com/storybook"
@@ -36587,6 +36586,8 @@
       "version": "1.3.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
+        "@storybook/manager-api": "^7.0.0 || ^8.0.0",
+        "@storybook/preview-api": "^7.0.0 || ^8.0.0",
         "@web/storybook-prebuilt": "^0.1.37",
         "@web/storybook-utils": "^1.1.0",
         "lit": "^2.7.5 || ^3.0.0",
@@ -36595,10 +36596,6 @@
       "devDependencies": {
         "@web/dev-server": "^0.4.6",
         "@web/dev-server-storybook": "^2.0.0"
-      },
-      "peerDependencies": {
-        "@storybook/manager-api": "^7.0.0 || ^8.0.0",
-        "@storybook/preview-api": "^7.0.0 || ^8.0.0"
       }
     },
     "packages/mocks/node_modules/@mswjs/interceptors": {
@@ -38486,6 +38483,9 @@
       "name": "@web/storybook-utils",
       "version": "1.1.0",
       "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@storybook/core-events": "^7.0.0 || ^8.0.0"
+      },
       "devDependencies": {
         "react": "^18.0.0"
       },
@@ -38493,7 +38493,6 @@
         "node": ">=16.0.0"
       },
       "peerDependencies": {
-        "@storybook/core-events": "^7.0.0 || ^8.0.0",
         "react": "^18.0.0"
       }
     },
diff --git a/packages/mocks/package.json b/packages/mocks/package.json
index 4aef7159e..2c6c08332 100644
--- a/packages/mocks/package.json
+++ b/packages/mocks/package.json
@@ -63,11 +63,9 @@
     "mocks",
     "msw"
   ],
-  "peerDependencies": {
-    "@storybook/manager-api": "^7.0.0 || ^8.0.0",
-    "@storybook/preview-api": "^7.0.0 || ^8.0.0"
-  },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@storybook/manager-api": "^7.0.0 || ^8.0.0",
+    "@storybook/preview-api": "^7.0.0 || ^8.0.0",
     "@web/storybook-prebuilt": "^0.1.37",
     "@web/storybook-utils": "^1.1.0",
     "lit": "^2.7.5 || ^3.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/storybook-utils/package.json b/packages/storybook-utils/package.json
index 7a14cf868..2032c68f1 100644
--- a/packages/storybook-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/storybook-utils/package.json
@@ -40,9 +40,11 @@
     "utils"
   ],
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@storybook/core-events": "^7.0.0 || ^8.0.0",
     "react": "^18.0.0"
   },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@storybook/core-events": "^7.0.0 || ^8.0.0"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "react": "^18.0.0"
   }