diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fe0e75b..5aa4938 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     "memoize-one": "^6.0.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "history": "^5",
+    "history": "^5|^4",
     "immer": ">=7",
     "next": ">=11",
     "react": ">=16.8",
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
     "@testing-library/user-event": "^14.4.3",
     "@types/jest": "^29.2.2",
     "@types/node": "^17.0.35",
+    "@types/history": "4.7.11",
     "awesome-typescript-loader": "^5.2.1",
     "babel-loader": "^8.2.5",
     "browser-env": "^3.3.0",
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@
     "cz-conventional-changelog": "^3.3.0",
     "expect": "^28.1.0",
     "gh-pages": "^4.0.0",
-    "history": "^5.3.0",
+    "history": "^4.10.1",
     "immer": "^9.0.16",
     "jest": "^29.3.1",
     "jest-environment-jsdom": "^29.3.1",
diff --git a/src/lib/adapters/historyjs/index.tsx b/src/lib/adapters/historyjs/index.tsx
index 8b89509..0bee380 100644
--- a/src/lib/adapters/historyjs/index.tsx
+++ b/src/lib/adapters/historyjs/index.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* tslint:disable:no-expression-statement readonly-array */
-import { History } from 'history'
+import { Action, History, Location } from 'history'
 import React, {
   forwardRef,
   ReactNode,
@@ -65,8 +65,22 @@ export const GeschichteWithHistory = forwardRef<Refs, Props>(
     )
 
     useEffect(() => {
-      return history.listen((update) => {
-        const { action, location } = update
+      return history.listen((update, maybeAction) => {
+        // tslint:disable-next-line:no-let
+        let action: Action
+        // tslint:disable-next-line:no-let
+        let location: Location<unknown>
+        // history.js 4.x
+        if (maybeAction) {
+          location = update
+          action = maybeAction
+        } else {
+          // history.js 5.x
+          // @ts-ignore
+          action = update.action
+          // @ts-ignore
+          location = update.location
+        }
         // don't handle our own actions
         if (
           (action === 'REPLACE' || action === 'PUSH') &&
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 620be12..a9e3fa0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@
     pirates "^4.0.5"
     source-map-support "^0.5.16"
 
-"@babel/runtime@^7.0.0":
+"@babel/runtime@^7.0.0", "@babel/runtime@^7.1.2":
   version "7.20.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/runtime/-/runtime-7.20.1.tgz#1148bb33ab252b165a06698fde7576092a78b4a9"
   integrity sha512-mrzLkl6U9YLF8qpqI7TB82PESyEGjm/0Ly91jG575eVxMMlb8fYfOXFZIJ8XfLrJZQbm7dlKry2bJmXBUEkdFg==
@@ -3533,6 +3533,11 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/unist" "*"
 
+"@types/history@4.7.11":
+  version "4.7.11"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/history/-/history-4.7.11.tgz#56588b17ae8f50c53983a524fc3cc47437969d64"
+  integrity sha512-qjDJRrmvBMiTx+jyLxvLfJU7UznFuokDv4f3WRuriHKERccVpFU+8XMQUAbDzoiJCsmexxRExQeMwwCdamSKDA==
+
 "@types/html-minifier-terser@^5.0.0":
   version "5.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/html-minifier-terser/-/html-minifier-terser-5.1.2.tgz#693b316ad323ea97eed6b38ed1a3cc02b1672b57"
@@ -8329,12 +8334,17 @@ he@^1.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/he/-/he-1.2.0.tgz#84ae65fa7eafb165fddb61566ae14baf05664f0f"
   integrity sha512-F/1DnUGPopORZi0ni+CvrCgHQ5FyEAHRLSApuYWMmrbSwoN2Mn/7k+Gl38gJnR7yyDZk6WLXwiGod1JOWNDKGw==
 
-history@^5.3.0:
-  version "5.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/history/-/history-5.3.0.tgz#1548abaa245ba47992f063a0783db91ef201c73b"
-  integrity sha512-ZqaKwjjrAYUYfLG+htGaIIZ4nioX2L70ZUMIFysS3xvBsSG4x/n1V6TXV3N8ZYNuFGlDirFg32T7B6WOUPDYcQ==
+history@^4.10.1:
+  version "4.10.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/history/-/history-4.10.1.tgz#33371a65e3a83b267434e2b3f3b1b4c58aad4cf3"
+  integrity sha512-36nwAD620w12kuzPAsyINPWJqlNbij+hpK1k9XRloDtym8mxzGYl2c17LnV6IAGB2Dmg4tEa7G7DlawS0+qjew==
   dependencies:
-    "@babel/runtime" "^7.7.6"
+    "@babel/runtime" "^7.1.2"
+    loose-envify "^1.2.0"
+    resolve-pathname "^3.0.0"
+    tiny-invariant "^1.0.2"
+    tiny-warning "^1.0.0"
+    value-equal "^1.0.1"
 
 hmac-drbg@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
@@ -10414,7 +10424,7 @@ longest@^2.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/longest/-/longest-2.0.1.tgz#781e183296aa94f6d4d916dc335d0d17aefa23f8"
   integrity sha1-eB4YMpaqlPbU2RbcM10NF676I/g=
 
-loose-envify@^1.1.0, loose-envify@^1.4.0:
+loose-envify@^1.1.0, loose-envify@^1.2.0, loose-envify@^1.4.0:
   version "1.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/loose-envify/-/loose-envify-1.4.0.tgz#71ee51fa7be4caec1a63839f7e682d8132d30caf"
   integrity sha512-lyuxPGr/Wfhrlem2CL/UcnUc1zcqKAImBDzukY7Y5F/yQiNdko6+fRLevlw1HgMySw7f611UIY408EtxRSoK3Q==
@@ -13378,6 +13388,11 @@ resolve-global@^1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     global-dirs "^0.1.1"
 
+resolve-pathname@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve-pathname/-/resolve-pathname-3.0.0.tgz#99d02224d3cf263689becbb393bc560313025dcd"
+  integrity sha512-C7rARubxI8bXFNB/hqcp/4iUeIXJhJZvFPFPiSPRnhU5UPxzMFIl+2E6yY6c4k9giDJAhtV+enfA+G89N6Csng==
+
 resolve-typescript-plugin@^1.2.0:
   version "1.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve-typescript-plugin/-/resolve-typescript-plugin-1.2.0.tgz#411271a1661b7ce050d2fff51d9ee66311ffa78f"
@@ -14682,11 +14697,21 @@ timers-browserify@^2.0.4:
   dependencies:
     setimmediate "^1.0.4"
 
+tiny-invariant@^1.0.2:
+  version "1.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tiny-invariant/-/tiny-invariant-1.3.1.tgz#8560808c916ef02ecfd55e66090df23a4b7aa642"
+  integrity sha512-AD5ih2NlSssTCwsMznbvwMZpJ1cbhkGd2uueNxzv2jDlEeZdU04JQfRnggJQ8DrcVBGjAsCKwFBbDlVNtEMlzw==
+
 tiny-relative-date@^1.3.0:
   version "1.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tiny-relative-date/-/tiny-relative-date-1.3.0.tgz#fa08aad501ed730f31cc043181d995c39a935e07"
   integrity sha512-MOQHpzllWxDCHHaDno30hhLfbouoYlOI8YlMNtvKe1zXbjEVhbcEovQxvZrPvtiYW630GQDoMMarCnjfyfHA+A==
 
+tiny-warning@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tiny-warning/-/tiny-warning-1.0.3.tgz#94a30db453df4c643d0fd566060d60a875d84754"
+  integrity sha512-lBN9zLN/oAf68o3zNXYrdCt1kP8WsiGW8Oo2ka41b2IM5JL/S1CTyX1rW0mb/zSuJun0ZUrDxx4sqvYS2FWzPA==
+
 tmp@^0.0.33:
   version "0.0.33"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tmp/-/tmp-0.0.33.tgz#6d34335889768d21b2bcda0aa277ced3b1bfadf9"
@@ -15425,6 +15450,11 @@ validate-npm-package-name@^4.0.0:
   dependencies:
     builtins "^5.0.0"
 
+value-equal@^1.0.1:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/value-equal/-/value-equal-1.0.1.tgz#1e0b794c734c5c0cade179c437d356d931a34d6c"
+  integrity sha512-NOJ6JZCAWr0zlxZt+xqCHNTEKOsrks2HQd4MqhP1qy4z1SkbEP467eNx6TgDKXMvUOb+OENfJCZwM+16n7fRfw==
+
 vary@~1.1.2:
   version "1.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vary/-/vary-1.1.2.tgz#2299f02c6ded30d4a5961b0b9f74524a18f634fc"