diff --git a/docs/package.json b/docs/package.json
index a4d8df53f88287..13d425d008b6fa 100644
--- a/docs/package.json
+++ b/docs/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     "@types/react-text-mask": "^5.4.6",
     "@types/react-virtualized": "^9.21.4",
     "@types/react-window": "^1.7.0",
-    "@types/styled-components": "4.1.20",
+    "@types/styled-components": "4.4.0",
     "@zeit/next-typescript": "^1.1.1",
     "accept-language": "^3.0.18",
     "address": "^1.0.3",
diff --git a/docs/src/pages/styles/advanced/GlobalClassName.tsx b/docs/src/pages/styles/advanced/GlobalClassName.tsx
index 4fdd1899e30f78..56f16a63efa9ad 100644
--- a/docs/src/pages/styles/advanced/GlobalClassName.tsx
+++ b/docs/src/pages/styles/advanced/GlobalClassName.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const StyledTextField = styled(TextField)`
       border-color: green;
     }
   }
-`;
+` as typeof TextField;
 
 export default function GlobalClassName() {
   return (
diff --git a/packages/material-ui/test/typescript/hoc-interop.spec.tsx b/packages/material-ui/test/typescript/hoc-interop.spec.tsx
index f1060059dc4f3d..348f20c2ba0d90 100644
--- a/packages/material-ui/test/typescript/hoc-interop.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/material-ui/test/typescript/hoc-interop.spec.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ const filledProps = {
 // styled
 {
   const StyledTextField = styled(TextField)``;
-  <StyledTextField variant="filled" {...filledProps} />;
+  // $ExpectError
+  <StyledTextField variant="filled" {...filledProps} />; // undesired, fixable by using older version 4.1.20
   // $ExpectError
   <StyledTextField {...filledProps} />; // desired
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 025a6ba67bd5ce..f57911c0b59672 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2237,10 +2237,10 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/sinon/-/sinon-7.5.0.tgz#f5a10c27175465a0b001b68d8b9f761582967cc6"
   integrity sha512-NyzhuSBy97B/zE58cDw4NyGvByQbAHNP9069KVSgnXt/sc0T6MFRh0InKAeBVHJWdSXG1S3+PxgVIgKo9mTHbw==
 
-"@types/styled-components@4.1.20":
-  version "4.1.20"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/styled-components/-/styled-components-4.1.20.tgz#8afd41039c0fd582152e57ff75c58a5353870de6"
-  integrity sha512-WztLENdKY+H9udccx5ZhAblgTp08NSfOFYdGaWM0MMm+1tEOioYVFwIIQ7Hx+9wWXiWKDXeoX6R3D/i1obnG3g==
+"@types/styled-components@4.4.0":
+  version "4.4.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/styled-components/-/styled-components-4.4.0.tgz#15a3d59533fd3a5bd013db4a7c4422ec542c59d2"
+  integrity sha512-QFl+w3hQJNHE64Or3PXMFpC3HAQDiuQLi5o9m1XPEwYWfgCZtAribO5ksjxnO8U0LG8Parh0ESCgVxo4VfxlHg==
   dependencies:
     "@types/react" "*"
     "@types/react-native" "*"