diff --git a/packages/react-router/src/awaited.tsx b/packages/react-router/src/awaited.tsx
index 31b689373b..c3397bd433 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/src/awaited.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-router/src/awaited.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as React from 'react'
 
 import { TSR_DEFERRED_PROMISE, defer } from '@tanstack/router-core'
+import { reactUse } from './utils'
 
 export type AwaitOptions<T> = {
   promise: Promise<T>
@@ -8,9 +9,8 @@ export type AwaitOptions<T> = {
 
 /** Suspend until a deferred promise resolves or rejects and return its data. */
 export function useAwaited<T>({ promise: _promise }: AwaitOptions<T>): T {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition
-  if (React.use) {
-    const data = React.use(_promise)
+  if (reactUse) {
+    const data = reactUse(_promise)
     return data
   }
   const promise = defer(_promise)
diff --git a/packages/react-router/src/lazyRouteComponent.tsx b/packages/react-router/src/lazyRouteComponent.tsx
index 71bba8e03e..b4fe8703c5 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/src/lazyRouteComponent.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-router/src/lazyRouteComponent.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as React from 'react'
 import { isModuleNotFoundError } from '@tanstack/router-core'
+import { reactUse } from './utils'
 import type { AsyncRouteComponent } from './route'
 
 /**
@@ -79,9 +80,8 @@ export function lazyRouteComponent<
     }
 
     if (!comp) {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition
-      if (React.use) {
-        React.use(load())
+      if (reactUse) {
+        reactUse(load())
       } else {
         throw load()
       }
diff --git a/packages/react-router/src/utils.ts b/packages/react-router/src/utils.ts
index 23443dc58e..33f8ea9acc 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/react-router/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 import * as React from 'react'
 
+// Safe version of React.use() that will not cause compilation errors against
+// React 18 with Webpack, which statically analyzes imports and fails when it
+// sees React.use referenced (since 'use' is not exported from React 18).
+// This uses a dynamic string lookup to avoid the static analysis.
+const REACT_USE = 'use'
+
+/**
+ * React.use if available (React 19+), undefined otherwise.
+ * Use dynamic lookup to avoid Webpack compilation errors with React 18.
+ */
+export const reactUse:
+  | (<T>(usable: Promise<T> | React.Context<T>) => T)
+  | undefined = (React as any)[REACT_USE]
+
 export function useStableCallback<T extends (...args: Array<any>) => any>(
   fn: T,
 ): T {