diff --git a/.changeset/lemon-files-care.md b/.changeset/lemon-files-care.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d584d2489
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/lemon-files-care.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@react-router/dev": patch
+---
+
+include root "react-dom" module for optimization
diff --git a/packages/react-router-dev/vite/plugin.ts b/packages/react-router-dev/vite/plugin.ts
index 5c67ec9ba6..ceda0905a4 100644
--- a/packages/react-router-dev/vite/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/react-router-dev/vite/plugin.ts
@@ -825,6 +825,7 @@ export const reactRouterVitePlugin: ReactRouterVitePlugin = (_config) => {
               "react",
               "react/jsx-runtime",
               "react/jsx-dev-runtime",
+              "react-dom",
               "react-dom/client",
 
               // Pre-bundle router dependencies to avoid router duplicates.