diff --git a/.changeset/tall-elephants-smash.md b/.changeset/tall-elephants-smash.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a26dbd65a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tall-elephants-smash.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/core-components': patch
+---
+
+chore: fixing typescript errors for `TabbedCard.tsx` for React 17.x
diff --git a/packages/core-components/src/layout/TabbedCard/TabbedCard.tsx b/packages/core-components/src/layout/TabbedCard/TabbedCard.tsx
index 06e9f53224..b3b977f04b 100644
--- a/packages/core-components/src/layout/TabbedCard/TabbedCard.tsx
+++ b/packages/core-components/src/layout/TabbedCard/TabbedCard.tsx
@@ -89,12 +89,15 @@ export function TabbedCard(props: PropsWithChildren<Props>) {
   let selectedTabContent: ReactNode;
   if (!value) {
     React.Children.map(children, (child, index) => {
-      if (index === selectedIndex) selectedTabContent = child?.props.children;
+      if (React.isValidElement(child) && index === selectedIndex) {
+        selectedTabContent = child?.props.children;
+      }
     });
   } else {
     React.Children.map(children, child => {
-      if (child?.props.value === value)
+      if (React.isValidElement(child) && child?.props.value === value) {
         selectedTabContent = child?.props.children;
+      }
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 232f883cf0..d40d08797f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6062,9 +6062,9 @@
     "@types/react" "*"
 
 "@types/react@*", "@types/react@>=16.9.0", "@types/react@^16.13.1 || ^17.0.0":
-  version "16.14.18"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/react/-/react-16.14.18.tgz#b2bcea05ee244fde92d409f91bd888ca8e54b20f"
-  integrity sha512-eeyqd1mqoG43mI0TvNKy9QNf1Tjz3DEOsRP3rlPo35OeMIt05I+v9RR8ZvL2GuYZeF2WAcLXJZMzu6zdz3VbtQ==
+  version "17.0.39"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/react/-/react-17.0.39.tgz#d0f4cde092502a6db00a1cded6e6bf2abb7633ce"
+  integrity sha512-UVavlfAxDd/AgAacMa60Azl7ygyQNRwC/DsHZmKgNvPmRR5p70AJ5Q9EAmL2NWOJmeV+vVUI4IAP7GZrN8h8Ug==
   dependencies:
     "@types/prop-types" "*"
     "@types/scheduler" "*"