The simpl-react library currently depends react v16.8.2. However, several simpl front end repos still depend on react v15.5.4.
According to the react version 16 release: "With minor exceptions, if your app runs in 15.6 without any warnings, it should work in 16." See: https://reactjs.org/blog/2017/09/26/react-v16.0.html
This ticket covers updating the simpl frontend repos to be depend on react v16: