diff --git a/packages/react/src/provider/index.ts b/packages/react/src/provider/index.ts
index 5d29f9cd3..34a77b53d 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/provider/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/provider/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export * from './provider';
 export * from './use-open-feature-client';
 export * from './use-when-provider-ready';
+export * from './use-open-feature-client-status';
 export * from './test-provider';
diff --git a/packages/react/src/provider/use-open-feature-client-status.ts b/packages/react/src/provider/use-open-feature-client-status.ts
index 2539f792f..fac4a42b7 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/provider/use-open-feature-client-status.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/provider/use-open-feature-client-status.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { ProviderEvents } from '@openfeature/web-sdk';
  */
 export function useOpenFeatureClientStatus(): ProviderStatus {
   const client = useOpenFeatureClient();
-  const [status, setStatus] = useState(client.providerStatus);
+  const [status, setStatus] = useState<ProviderStatus>(client.providerStatus);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const updateStatus = () => setStatus(client.providerStatus);