diff --git a/docs/API.md b/docs/API.md
index 915834ec6..d59702ad3 100644
--- a/docs/API.md
+++ b/docs/API.md
@@ -379,3 +379,7 @@ const { queryAllByText } = render(<Forms />);
 const submitButtons = queryAllByText('submit');
 expect(submitButtons).toHaveLength(3); // expect 3 elements
 ```
+
+## `act`
+
+Useful function to help testing components that use hooks API. By default any `render` and `fireEvent` calls are wrapped by this function, so there is no need to wrap it manually. This method is re-exported from [`react-test-renderer`](https://github.com/facebook/react/blob/master/packages/react-test-renderer/src/ReactTestRenderer.js#L567]).
diff --git a/flow-typed/npm/react-test-renderer_v16.x.x.js b/flow-typed/npm/react-test-renderer_v16.x.x.js
index 4e1d1ffe5..28ca6bade 100644
--- a/flow-typed/npm/react-test-renderer_v16.x.x.js
+++ b/flow-typed/npm/react-test-renderer_v16.x.x.js
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ type ReactComponentInstance = React$Component<any>;
 type ReactTestRendererJSON = {
   type: string,
   props: { [propName: string]: any },
-  children: null | ReactTestRendererJSON[]
+  children: null | ReactTestRendererJSON[],
 };
 
 type ReactTestRendererTree = ReactTestRendererJSON & {
-  nodeType: "component" | "host",
+  nodeType: 'component' | 'host',
   instance: ?ReactComponentInstance,
-  rendered: null | ReactTestRendererTree
+  rendered: null | ReactTestRendererTree,
 };
 
 type ReactTestInstance = {
@@ -40,30 +40,36 @@ type ReactTestInstance = {
   findAllByProps(
     props: { [propName: string]: any },
     options?: { deep: boolean }
-  ): ReactTestInstance[]
+  ): ReactTestInstance[],
 };
 
 type TestRendererOptions = {
-  createNodeMock(element: React$Element<any>): any
+  createNodeMock(element: React$Element<any>): any,
+};
+
+type Thenable = {
+  then(resolve: () => mixed, reject?: () => mixed): mixed,
 };
 
-declare module "react-test-renderer" {
+declare module 'react-test-renderer' {
   declare export type ReactTestRenderer = {
     toJSON(): null | ReactTestRendererJSON,
     toTree(): null | ReactTestRendererTree,
     unmount(nextElement?: React$Element<any>): void,
     update(nextElement: React$Element<any>): void,
     getInstance(): ?ReactComponentInstance,
-    root: ReactTestInstance
+    root: ReactTestInstance,
   };
 
   declare function create(
     nextElement: React$Element<any>,
     options?: TestRendererOptions
   ): ReactTestRenderer;
+
+  declare function act(callback: () => void): Thenable;
 }
 
-declare module "react-test-renderer/shallow" {
+declare module 'react-test-renderer/shallow' {
   declare export default class ShallowRenderer {
     static createRenderer(): ShallowRenderer;
     getMountedInstance(): ReactTestInstance;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2efdb4b5c..386dd8dcf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
     "flow-copy-source": "^2.0.2",
     "jest": "^24.1.0",
     "metro-react-native-babel-preset": "^0.49.1",
-    "react": "16.6.3",
+    "react": "^16.8.3",
     "react-native": "^0.58.3",
-    "react-test-renderer": "16.6.3",
+    "react-test-renderer": "^16.8.3",
     "release-it": "^10.0.0",
     "strip-ansi": "^5.0.0",
     "typescript": "^3.1.1"
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@
   },
   "jest": {
     "preset": "react-native",
-    "moduleFileExtensions": ["js", "json"]
+    "moduleFileExtensions": [
+      "js",
+      "json"
+    ]
   },
   "greenkeeper": {
     "ignore": [
diff --git a/src/__tests__/act.test.js b/src/__tests__/act.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db29ea4f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/act.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// @flow
+import React from 'react';
+import { Text } from 'react-native';
+import ReactTestRenderer from 'react-test-renderer';
+import act from '../act';
+import render from '../render';
+import fireEvent from '../fireEvent';
+
+const UseEffect = ({ callback }: { callback: Function }) => {
+  React.useEffect(callback);
+  return null;
+};
+
+const Counter = () => {
+  const [count, setCount] = React.useState(0);
+
+  return (
+    <Text testID="counter" onPress={() => setCount(count + 1)}>
+      {count}
+    </Text>
+  );
+};
+
+test('render should trigger useEffect', () => {
+  const effectCallback = jest.fn();
+  render(<UseEffect callback={effectCallback} />);
+
+  expect(effectCallback).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+});
+
+test('fireEvent should trigger useState', () => {
+  const { getByTestId } = render(<Counter />);
+  const counter = getByTestId('counter');
+
+  expect(counter.props.children).toEqual(0);
+  fireEvent.press(counter);
+  expect(counter.props.children).toEqual(1);
+});
+
+test('should act even if there is no act in react-test-renderer', () => {
+  // $FlowFixMe
+  ReactTestRenderer.act = undefined;
+  const callback = jest.fn();
+
+  act(() => {
+    callback();
+  });
+
+  expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalled();
+});
diff --git a/src/act.js b/src/act.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac1dcb90e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/act.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// @flow
+import { act } from 'react-test-renderer';
+
+const actMock = (callback: () => void) => {
+  callback();
+};
+
+export default act || actMock;
diff --git a/src/fireEvent.js b/src/fireEvent.js
index 8386ecd6a..b2c49af78 100644
--- a/src/fireEvent.js
+++ b/src/fireEvent.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // @flow
+import act from './act';
 import { ErrorWithStack } from './helpers/errors';
 
 const findEventHandler = (element: ReactTestInstance, eventName: string) => {
@@ -23,10 +24,16 @@ const invokeEvent = (
   element: ReactTestInstance,
   eventName: string,
   data?: *
-) => {
+): any => {
   const handler = findEventHandler(element, eventName);
 
-  return handler(data);
+  let returnValue;
+
+  act(() => {
+    returnValue = handler(data);
+  });
+
+  return returnValue;
 };
 
 const toEventHandlerName = (eventName: string) =>
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index f8e6548fe..42547250c 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // @flow
+import act from './act';
 import render from './render';
 import shallow from './shallow';
 import flushMicrotasksQueue from './flushMicrotasksQueue';
@@ -12,3 +13,4 @@ export { flushMicrotasksQueue };
 export { debug };
 export { fireEvent };
 export { waitForElement };
+export { act };
diff --git a/src/render.js b/src/render.js
index 3262645ee..147175427 100644
--- a/src/render.js
+++ b/src/render.js
@@ -1,20 +1,26 @@
 // @flow
 import * as React from 'react';
-import TestRenderer from 'react-test-renderer'; // eslint-disable-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
+import TestRenderer, { type ReactTestRenderer } from 'react-test-renderer'; // eslint-disable-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
+import act from './act';
 import { getByAPI } from './helpers/getByAPI';
 import { queryByAPI } from './helpers/queryByAPI';
 import debugShallow from './helpers/debugShallow';
 import debugDeep from './helpers/debugDeep';
 
+type Options = {
+  createNodeMock: (element: React.Element<any>) => any,
+};
+
 /**
  * Renders test component deeply using react-test-renderer and exposes helpers
  * to assert on the output.
  */
 export default function render(
   component: React.Element<any>,
-  options?: { createNodeMock: (element: React.Element<any>) => any }
+  options?: Options
 ) {
-  const renderer = TestRenderer.create(component, options);
+  const renderer = renderWithAct(component, options);
+
   const instance = renderer.root;
 
   return {
@@ -27,6 +33,19 @@ export default function render(
   };
 }
 
+function renderWithAct(
+  component: React.Element<any>,
+  options?: Options
+): ReactTestRenderer {
+  let renderer: ReactTestRenderer;
+
+  act(() => {
+    renderer = TestRenderer.create(component, options);
+  });
+
+  return ((renderer: any): ReactTestRenderer);
+}
+
 function debug(instance: ReactTestInstance, renderer) {
   function debugImpl(message?: string) {
     return debugDeep(renderer.toJSON(), message);
diff --git a/typings/__tests__/index.test.tsx b/typings/__tests__/index.test.tsx
index b9312587f..37d084cbc 100644
--- a/typings/__tests__/index.test.tsx
+++ b/typings/__tests__/index.test.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   flushMicrotasksQueue,
   debug,
   waitForElement,
+  act,
 } from '../..';
 
 interface HasRequiredProp {
@@ -131,3 +132,7 @@ const waitBy: Promise<ReactTestInstance> = waitForElement<ReactTestInstance>(
 const waitByAll: Promise<Array<ReactTestInstance>> = waitForElement<
   Array<ReactTestInstance>
 >(() => tree.getAllByName('View'), 1000, 50);
+
+act(() => {
+  render(<TestComponent />);
+});
diff --git a/typings/index.d.ts b/typings/index.d.ts
index 0b974e597..88a2b29e6 100644
--- a/typings/index.d.ts
+++ b/typings/index.d.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ export interface QueryByAPI {
   ) => Array<ReactTestInstance> | [];
 }
 
+export interface Thenable {
+  then: (resolve: () => any, reject?: () => any) => any,
+}
+
 export interface RenderOptions {
   createNodeMock: (element: React.ReactElement<any>) => any;
 }
@@ -86,3 +90,4 @@ export declare const flushMicrotasksQueue: () => Promise<any>;
 export declare const debug: DebugAPI;
 export declare const fireEvent: FireEventAPI;
 export declare const waitForElement: WaitForElementFunction;
+export declare const act: (callback: () => void) => Thenable;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 84cecb50e..1d9f2773f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6185,10 +6185,10 @@ react-devtools-core@^3.4.2:
     shell-quote "^1.6.1"
     ws "^3.3.1"
 
-react-is@^16.6.3:
-  version "16.8.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-is/-/react-is-16.8.0.tgz#518db476214f3fb0716af9f82dfd420225ae970f"
-  integrity sha512-LOy+3La39aduxaPfuj+lCXC5RQ8ukjVPAAsFJ3yQ+DIOLf4eR9OMKeWKF0IzjRyE95xMj5QELwiXGgfQsIJguA==
+react-is@^16.8.3:
+  version "16.8.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-is/-/react-is-16.8.3.tgz#4ad8b029c2a718fc0cfc746c8d4e1b7221e5387d"
+  integrity sha512-Y4rC1ZJmsxxkkPuMLwvKvlL1Zfpbcu+Bf4ZigkHup3v9EfdYhAlWAaVyA19olXq2o2mGn0w+dFKvk3pVVlYcIA==
 
 react-native@^0.58.3:
   version "0.58.3"
@@ -6258,15 +6258,15 @@ react-proxy@^1.1.7:
     lodash "^4.6.1"
     react-deep-force-update "^1.0.0"
 
-react-test-renderer@16.6.3:
-  version "16.6.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-test-renderer/-/react-test-renderer-16.6.3.tgz#5f3a1a7d5c3379d46f7052b848b4b72e47c89f38"
-  integrity sha512-B5bCer+qymrQz/wN03lT0LppbZUDRq6AMfzMKrovzkGzfO81a9T+PWQW6MzkWknbwODQH/qpJno/yFQLX5IWrQ==
+react-test-renderer@^16.8.3:
+  version "16.8.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-test-renderer/-/react-test-renderer-16.8.3.tgz#230006af264cc46aeef94392e04747c21839e05e"
+  integrity sha512-rjJGYebduKNZH0k1bUivVrRLX04JfIQ0FKJLPK10TAb06XWhfi4gTobooF9K/DEFNW98iGac3OSxkfIJUN9Mdg==
   dependencies:
     object-assign "^4.1.1"
     prop-types "^15.6.2"
-    react-is "^16.6.3"
-    scheduler "^0.11.2"
+    react-is "^16.8.3"
+    scheduler "^0.13.3"
 
 react-transform-hmr@^1.0.4:
   version "1.0.4"
@@ -6275,15 +6275,15 @@ react-transform-hmr@^1.0.4:
     global "^4.3.0"
     react-proxy "^1.1.7"
 
-react@16.6.3:
-  version "16.6.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react/-/react-16.6.3.tgz#25d77c91911d6bbdd23db41e70fb094cc1e0871c"
-  integrity sha512-zCvmH2vbEolgKxtqXL2wmGCUxUyNheYn/C+PD1YAjfxHC54+MhdruyhO7QieQrYsYeTxrn93PM2y0jRH1zEExw==
+react@^16.8.3:
+  version "16.8.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react/-/react-16.8.3.tgz#c6f988a2ce895375de216edcfaedd6b9a76451d9"
+  integrity sha512-3UoSIsEq8yTJuSu0luO1QQWYbgGEILm+eJl2QN/VLDi7hL+EN18M3q3oVZwmVzzBJ3DkM7RMdRwBmZZ+b4IzSA==
   dependencies:
     loose-envify "^1.1.0"
     object-assign "^4.1.1"
     prop-types "^15.6.2"
-    scheduler "^0.11.2"
+    scheduler "^0.13.3"
 
 read-pkg-up@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
@@ -6698,10 +6698,10 @@ sax@~1.1.1:
   version "1.1.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sax/-/sax-1.1.6.tgz#5d616be8a5e607d54e114afae55b7eaf2fcc3240"
 
-scheduler@^0.11.2:
-  version "0.11.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/scheduler/-/scheduler-0.11.3.tgz#b5769b90cf8b1464f3f3cfcafe8e3cd7555a2d6b"
-  integrity sha512-i9X9VRRVZDd3xZw10NY5Z2cVMbdYg6gqFecfj79USv1CFN+YrJ3gIPRKf1qlY+Sxly4djoKdfx1T+m9dnRB8kQ==
+scheduler@^0.13.3:
+  version "0.13.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/scheduler/-/scheduler-0.13.3.tgz#bed3c5850f62ea9c716a4d781f9daeb9b2a58896"
+  integrity sha512-UxN5QRYWtpR1egNWzJcVLk8jlegxAugswQc984lD3kU7NuobsO37/sRfbpTdBjtnD5TBNFA2Q2oLV5+UmPSmEQ==
   dependencies:
     loose-envify "^1.1.0"
     object-assign "^4.1.1"