diff --git a/types/index.d.ts b/types/index.d.ts
index 574ded26..4d599256 100644
--- a/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/index.d.ts
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@ type Omit<T, K extends keyof T> = Pick<T, Exclude<keyof T, K>>
 /**
  * Render into a container which is appended to document.body. It should be used with cleanup.
  */
-export function render(
-  ui: React.ReactElement,
-  options?: Omit<RenderOptions, 'queries'>,
-): RenderResult
 export function render<
   Q extends Queries,
   Container extends Element | DocumentFragment = HTMLElement
@@ -57,6 +53,10 @@ export function render<
   ui: React.ReactElement,
   options: RenderOptions<Q, Container>,
 ): RenderResult<Q, Container>
+export function render(
+  ui: React.ReactElement,
+  options?: Omit<RenderOptions, 'queries'>,
+): RenderResult
 
 /**
  * Unmounts React trees that were mounted with render.
diff --git a/types/test.tsx b/types/test.tsx
index 0d3f172b..7cc0e015 100644
--- a/types/test.tsx
+++ b/types/test.tsx
@@ -44,11 +44,7 @@ export function testRenderOptions() {
   const container = document.createElement('div')
   const options = {container}
   const {container: returnedContainer} = render(<button />, options)
-  // Unclear why TypeScript infers `HTMLElement` here when the the input `container` is `HTMLDivElement`.
-  // It's working for `testSVGRenderOptions`. 
-  // Hopefully this breaks someday and we can switch to
-  // expectType<HTMLDivElement, typeof returnedContainer>(returnedContainer)
-  expectType<HTMLElement, typeof returnedContainer>(returnedContainer)
+  expectType<HTMLDivElement, typeof returnedContainer>(returnedContainer)
 }
 
 export function testSVGRenderOptions() {