react bootstrap causing TypeError Cannot read properties of null (reading "useState')

Question

I created a React app using Bootstrap, and it runs fine. I installed React Bootstrap and now I'm getting the error { TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'useState'). I'm assuming it's a version conflict somewhere, but can I verify and download the latest?

I get this error as soon as I run the site after installing react-bootstrap

I ran npm install react-bootstrap bootstrap from the cmd line

the package.json file has: items pertaining to bootstrap and react version

"dependecies": {
   "bootstrap":"^5.1.0",
    "react":"^17.0.2"


 }