diff --git a/types/react-native-htmlview/index.d.ts b/types/react-native-htmlview/index.d.ts
index db0f34e1339145..ddf418c5b8480b 100644
--- a/types/react-native-htmlview/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/react-native-htmlview/index.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ComponentType, ReactNode } from "react";
+import { ComponentClass, ComponentType, ReactInstance, ReactNode } from "react";
 import { ImageStyle, StyleProp, TextProps, TextStyle, ViewProps, ViewStyle } from "react-native";
 
 type Nullish = null | undefined;
@@ -114,5 +114,9 @@ export type HTMLViewNodeRenderer = (
     parent: HTMLViewNode | Nullish,
 ) => ReactNode;
 
-declare const HTMLView: ComponentType<HTMLViewProps>;
+declare const HTMLView: ComponentClass<HTMLViewProps> & {
+    refs?: {
+        [key: string]: ReactInstance;
+    };
+};
 export default HTMLView;
diff --git a/types/react-native-htmlview/react-native-htmlview-tests.tsx b/types/react-native-htmlview/react-native-htmlview-tests.tsx
index 2084de6ba90501..794cf0526d9248 100644
--- a/types/react-native-htmlview/react-native-htmlview-tests.tsx
+++ b/types/react-native-htmlview/react-native-htmlview-tests.tsx
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ class Simple extends React.Component {
 
 const renderNode: HTMLViewProps["renderNode"] = (
     node,
-    index,
-    siblings,
+    _index,
+    _siblings,
     parent,
     defaultRenderer,
 ) => {