diff --git a/R/dummy_functions.R b/R/dummy_functions.R
index dd0b52800e..19abbaa16d 100644
--- a/R/dummy_functions.R
+++ b/R/dummy_functions.R
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ example_module <- function(label = "example teal module", datanames = "all") {
       ns <- NS(id)
       teal.widgets::standard_layout(
         output = verbatimTextOutput(ns("text")),
-        encoding = div(
+        encoding = tags$div(
           selectInput(ns("dataname"), "Choose a dataset", choices = NULL),
           teal.widgets::verbatim_popup_ui(ns("rcode"), "Show R code")
         )
diff --git a/R/init.R b/R/init.R
index f796df133d..9b43ae0397 100644
--- a/R/init.R
+++ b/R/init.R
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 #'     module(
 #'       label = "data source",
 #'       server = function(input, output, session, data) {},
-#'       ui = function(id, ...) div(p("information about data source")),
+#'       ui = function(id, ...) tags$div(p("information about data source")),
 #'       datanames = "all"
 #'     ),
 #'     example_module(label = "example teal module"),
diff --git a/R/module_filter_manager.R b/R/module_filter_manager.R
index b51bc3a107..bf3fbd0c2a 100644
--- a/R/module_filter_manager.R
+++ b/R/module_filter_manager.R
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ filter_manager_modal_srv <- function(id, filtered_data_list, filter) {
 #' @rdname module_filter_manager
 filter_manager_ui <- function(id) {
   ns <- NS(id)
-  div(
+  tags$div(
     class = "filter_manager_content",
     tableOutput(ns("slices_table")),
     snapshot_manager_ui(ns("snapshot_manager"))
diff --git a/R/module_nested_tabs.R b/R/module_nested_tabs.R
index 2648c9751f..07825917ca 100644
--- a/R/module_nested_tabs.R
+++ b/R/module_nested_tabs.R
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ ui_nested_tabs.teal_module <- function(id, modules, datasets, depth = 0L, is_mod
     class = "teal_module",
     uiOutput(ns("data_reactive"), inline = TRUE),
     tagList(
-      if (depth >= 2L) div(style = "mt-6"),
+      if (depth >= 2L) tags$div(style = "mt-6"),
       do.call(modules$ui, args)
     )
   )
diff --git a/R/module_snapshot_manager.R b/R/module_snapshot_manager.R
index fb92f8919e..6335b2a69e 100644
--- a/R/module_snapshot_manager.R
+++ b/R/module_snapshot_manager.R
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@
 #'
 snapshot_manager_ui <- function(id) {
   ns <- NS(id)
-  div(
+  tags$div(
     class = "snapshot_manager_content",
-    div(
+    tags$div(
       class = "snapshot_table_row",
-      span(tags$b("Snapshot manager")),
+      tags$span(tags$b("Snapshot manager")),
       actionLink(ns("snapshot_add"), label = NULL, icon = icon("camera"), title = "add snapshot"),
       actionLink(ns("snapshot_load"), label = NULL, icon = icon("upload"), title = "upload snapshot"),
       actionLink(ns("snapshot_reset"), label = NULL, icon = icon("undo"), title = "reset initial state"),
@@ -303,9 +303,9 @@ snapshot_manager_srv <- function(id, slices_global, mapping_matrix, filtered_dat
         }
         # Create a row for the snapshot table.
         if (!is.element(id_rowme, names(divs))) {
-          divs[[id_rowme]] <- div(
+          divs[[id_rowme]] <- tags$div(
             class = "snapshot_table_row",
-            span(h5(s)),
+            tags$span(tags$h5(s)),
             actionLink(inputId = ns(id_pickme), label = icon("circle-check"), title = "select"),
             downloadLink(outputId = ns(id_saveme), label = icon("save"), title = "save to file")
           )
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ snapshot_manager_srv <- function(id, slices_global, mapping_matrix, filtered_dat
     output$snapshot_list <- renderUI({
       rows <- lapply(rev(reactiveValuesToList(divs)), function(d) d)
       if (length(rows) == 0L) {
-        div(
+        tags$div(
           class = "snapshot_manager_placeholder",
           "Snapshots will appear here."
         )
diff --git a/R/module_teal.R b/R/module_teal.R
index ce5d3d2f67..cb12b09fd8 100644
--- a/R/module_teal.R
+++ b/R/module_teal.R
@@ -80,19 +80,19 @@ ui_teal <- function(id,
   ns <- NS(id)
 
   # Once the data is loaded, we will remove this element and add the real teal UI instead
-  splash_ui <- div(
+  splash_ui <- tags$div(
     # id so we can remove the splash screen once ready, which is the first child of this container
     id = ns("main_ui_container"),
     # we put it into a div, so it can easily be removed as a whole, also when it is a tagList (and not
     # just the first item of the tagList)
-    div(splash_ui)
+    tags$div(splash_ui)
   )
 
   # show busy icon when `shiny` session is busy computing stuff
   # based on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17325521/r-shiny-display-loading-message-while-function-is-running/22475216#22475216 # nolint: line_length.
   shiny_busy_message_panel <- conditionalPanel(
     condition = "(($('html').hasClass('shiny-busy')) && (document.getElementById('shiny-notification-panel') == null))", # nolint: line_length.
-    div(
+    tags$div(
       icon("arrows-rotate", "spin fa-spin"),
       "Computing ...",
       # CSS defined in `custom.css`
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ ui_teal <- function(id,
     splash_ui,
     tags$hr(),
     tags$footer(
-      div(
+      tags$div(
         footer,
         teal.widgets::verbatim_popup_ui(ns("sessionInfo"), "Session Info", type = "link"),
         textOutput(ns("identifier"))
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ srv_teal <- function(id, modules, teal_data_rv, filter = teal_slices()) {
         where = "beforeEnd",
         # we put it into a div, so it can easily be removed as a whole, also when it is a tagList (and not
         # just the first item of the tagList)
-        ui = div(ui_tabs_with_filters(
+        ui = tags$div(ui_tabs_with_filters(
           session$ns("main_ui"),
           modules = modules,
           datasets = datasets,
diff --git a/R/module_teal_with_splash.R b/R/module_teal_with_splash.R
index e9cd7b304e..47fd73c81f 100644
--- a/R/module_teal_with_splash.R
+++ b/R/module_teal_with_splash.R
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ ui_teal_with_splash <- function(id,
   splash_ui <- if (inherits(data, "teal_data_module")) {
     data$ui(ns("teal_data_module"))
   } else if (inherits(data, "teal_data")) {
-    div()
+    tags$div()
   }
   ui_teal(
     id = ns("teal"),
-    splash_ui = div(splash_ui, uiOutput(ns("error"))),
+    splash_ui = tags$div(splash_ui, uiOutput(ns("error"))),
     title = title,
     header = header,
     footer = footer
diff --git a/R/validate_inputs.R b/R/validate_inputs.R
index 4fa8645a44..ca97c3a94f 100644
--- a/R/validate_inputs.R
+++ b/R/validate_inputs.R
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #'     sidebarPanel(
 #'       selectInput("letter", "select a letter:", c(letters[1:3], LETTERS[4:6])),
 #'       selectInput("number", "select a number:", 1:6),
-#'       br(),
+#'       tags$br(),
 #'       selectInput("color", "select a color:",
 #'         c("black", "indianred2", "springgreen2", "cornflowerblue"),
 #'         multiple = TRUE
diff --git a/man/init.Rd b/man/init.Rd
index 87847b2379..89a588328f 100644
--- a/man/init.Rd
+++ b/man/init.Rd
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ app <- init(
     module(
       label = "data source",
       server = function(input, output, session, data) {},
-      ui = function(id, ...) div(p("information about data source")),
+      ui = function(id, ...) tags$div(p("information about data source")),
       datanames = "all"
     ),
     example_module(label = "example teal module"),
diff --git a/man/validate_inputs.Rd b/man/validate_inputs.Rd
index caf9bb4be8..30ac599dcd 100644
--- a/man/validate_inputs.Rd
+++ b/man/validate_inputs.Rd
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ ui <- fluidPage(
     sidebarPanel(
       selectInput("letter", "select a letter:", c(letters[1:3], LETTERS[4:6])),
       selectInput("number", "select a number:", 1:6),
-      br(),
+      tags$br(),
       selectInput("color", "select a color:",
         c("black", "indianred2", "springgreen2", "cornflowerblue"),
         multiple = TRUE
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-init.R b/tests/testthat/test-init.R
index cc3d40e857..0392763b5f 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-init.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-init.R
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ testthat::test_that("init data accepts teal_data object", {
 testthat::test_that("init data accepts teal_data_module", {
   testthat::expect_no_error(
     init(
-      data = teal_data_module(ui = function(id) div(), server = function(id) NULL),
+      data = teal_data_module(ui = function(id) tags$div(), server = function(id) NULL),
       modules = modules(example_module())
     )
   )
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-module_teal_with_splash.R b/tests/testthat/test-module_teal_with_splash.R
index 58d36b79f6..7c5806f386 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-module_teal_with_splash.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-module_teal_with_splash.R
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ testthat::test_that("srv_teal_with_splash data accepts a teal_data_module", {
       app = srv_teal_with_splash,
       args = list(
         id = "id",
-        data = teal_data_module(ui = function(id) div(), server = function(id) reactive(NULL)),
+        data = teal_data_module(ui = function(id) tags$div(), server = function(id) reactive(NULL)),
         modules = modules(example_module())
       ),
       expr = {}
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ testthat::test_that("srv_teal_with_splash throws when teal_data_module doesn't r
       app = srv_teal_with_splash,
       args = list(
         id = "id",
-        data = teal_data_module(ui = function(id) div(), server = function(id) NULL),
+        data = teal_data_module(ui = function(id) tags$div(), server = function(id) NULL),
         modules = modules(example_module())
       ),
       expr = {}
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ testthat::test_that("srv_teal_with_splash teal_data_rv evaluates the server of t
     app = srv_teal_with_splash,
     args = list(
       id = "test",
-      data = teal_data_module(ui = function(id) div(), server = function(id) reactive("whatever")),
+      data = teal_data_module(ui = function(id) tags$div(), server = function(id) reactive("whatever")),
       modules = modules(example_module())
     ),
     expr = {
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ testthat::test_that("srv_teal_with_splash teal_data_rv_validate throws when teal
     args = list(
       id = "test",
       data = teal_data_module(
-        ui = function(id) div(),
+        ui = function(id) tags$div(),
         server = function(id) reactive(stop("this error"))
       ),
       modules = modules(example_module())
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ testthat::test_that("srv_teal_with_splash teal_data_rv_validate throws then qenv
     args = list(
       id = "test",
       data = teal_data_module(
-        ui = function(id) div(),
+        ui = function(id) tags$div(),
         server = function(id) reactive(within(teal.data::teal_data(), stop("not good")))
       ),
       modules = modules(example_module())
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ testthat::test_that(
       args = list(
         id = "test",
         data = teal_data_module(
-          ui = function(id) div(),
+          ui = function(id) tags$div(),
           server = function(id) reactive(data.frame())
         ),
         modules = modules(example_module())
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ testthat::test_that("srv_teal_with_splash gets observe event from srv_teal", {
 })
 
 testthat::test_that("srv_teal_with_splash accepts data after within.teal_data_module", {
-  tdm <- teal_data_module(ui = function(id) div(), server = function(id) reactive(teal_data(IRIS = iris)))
+  tdm <- teal_data_module(ui = function(id) tags$div(), server = function(id) reactive(teal_data(IRIS = iris)))
   tdm2 <- within(tdm, IRIS$id <- seq_len(NROW(IRIS$Species))) # nolint: object_name.
 
   testthat::expect_no_error(
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ testthat::test_that("srv_teal_with_splash accepts data after within.teal_data_mo
 })
 
 testthat::test_that("srv_teal_with_splash throws error when within.teal_data_module returns qenv.error", {
-  tdm <- teal_data_module(ui = function(id) div(), server = function(id) reactive(teal_data(IRIS = iris)))
+  tdm <- teal_data_module(ui = function(id) tags$div(), server = function(id) reactive(teal_data(IRIS = iris)))
   tdm2 <- within(tdm, non_existing_var + 1)
 
   testthat::expect_no_error(
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ testthat::test_that("srv_teal_with_splash throws error when within.teal_data_mod
 })
 
 testthat::test_that("srv_teal_with_splash throws error when within.teal_data_module returns NULL", {
-  tdm <- teal_data_module(ui = function(id) div(), server = function(id) reactive(NULL))
+  tdm <- teal_data_module(ui = function(id) tags$div(), server = function(id) reactive(NULL))
   tdm2 <- within(tdm, within(1 + 1))
   testthat::expect_no_error(
     shiny::testServer(
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ testthat::test_that(
     "(other than `teal_data` or `qenv.error`)"
   ),
   {
-    tdm <- teal_data_module(ui = function(id) div(), server = function(id) reactive(NULL))
+    tdm <- teal_data_module(ui = function(id) tags$div(), server = function(id) reactive(NULL))
     tdm2 <- within(tdm, 1 + 1)
     testthat::expect_no_error(
       shiny::testServer(
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-teal_data_module-eval_code.R b/tests/testthat/test-teal_data_module-eval_code.R
index 9f3462e7d9..d011a170ed 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-teal_data_module-eval_code.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-teal_data_module-eval_code.R
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 testthat::test_that("within.teal_data_module returns an object with teal_data_module class", {
   tdm <- teal_data_module(
-    ui = function(id) div(),
+    ui = function(id) tags$div(),
     server = function(id) {
       shiny::moduleServer(id, function(input, output, session) {
         shiny::reactive(teal.data::teal_data(IRIS = iris))
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ testthat::test_that("eval_code.teal_data_module ui has modified namespace for id
   tdm <- teal_data_module(
     ui = function(id) {
       ns <- NS(id)
-      div(id = ns("element"))
+      tags$div(id = ns("element"))
     },
     server = function(id) NULL
   )
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ testthat::test_that("eval_code.teal_data_module ui has modified namespace for id
 
 testthat::test_that("within.teal_data_module modifies the reactive tea_data object", {
   tdm <- teal_data_module(
-    ui = function(id) div(),
+    ui = function(id) tags$div(),
     server = function(id) {
       shiny::moduleServer(id, function(input, output, session) {
         shiny::reactive(teal.data::teal_data(IRIS = iris))
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ testthat::test_that("within.teal_data_module modifies the reactive tea_data obje
 
 testthat::test_that("eval_code.teal_data_module will execute several times until error", {
   tdm <- teal_data_module(
-    ui = function(id) div(),
+    ui = function(id) tags$div(),
     server = function(id) {
       shiny::moduleServer(id, function(input, output, session) {
         shiny::reactive(teal.data::teal_data(IRIS = iris))
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ testthat::test_that("eval_code.teal_data_module will execute several times until
 
 testthat::test_that("eval_code.teal_data_module throws error when original teal_data_module result is not reactive", {
   tdm <- teal_data_module(
-    ui = function(id) div(),
+    ui = function(id) tags$div(),
     server = function(id) {
       shiny::moduleServer(id, function(input, output, session) {
         "I am not reactive, I am a string"
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ testthat::test_that("eval_code.teal_data_module throws error when original teal_
 
 testthat::test_that("eval_code.teal_data_module propagates qenv error from the original/first call", {
   tdm <- teal_data_module(
-    ui = function(id) div(),
+    ui = function(id) tags$div(),
     server = function(id) {
       shiny::moduleServer(id, function(input, output, session) {
         reactive(
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ testthat::test_that("eval_code.teal_data_module propagates qenv error from the o
 
 testthat::test_that("eval_code.teal_data_module handles an arbitrary object (other than `teal_data` or `qenv.error`)", {
   tdm <- teal_data_module(
-    ui = function(id) div(),
+    ui = function(id) tags$div(),
     server = function(id) {
       shiny::moduleServer(id, function(input, output, session) {
         reactive(list())
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ testthat::test_that("eval_code.teal_data_module handles an arbitrary object (oth
 
 testthat::test_that("eval_code.teal_data_module handles a `NULL` result", {
   tdm <- teal_data_module(
-    ui = function(id) div(),
+    ui = function(id) tags$div(),
     server = function(id) {
       shiny::moduleServer(id, function(input, output, session) {
         reactive(NULL)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-teal_data_module.R b/tests/testthat/test-teal_data_module.R
index 93d20d203b..4578649eb1 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-teal_data_module.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-teal_data_module.R
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 testthat::test_that("teal_data_module returns teal_data_module", {
   testthat::expect_s3_class(
-    teal_data_module(ui = function(id) div(), server = function(id) NULL),
+    teal_data_module(ui = function(id) tags$div(), server = function(id) NULL),
     "teal_data_module"
   )
 })
 
 testthat::test_that("teal_data_module throws when ui has other formals than id only", {
   testthat::expect_error(
-    teal_data_module(ui = function(id, x) div(), server = function(id) NULL),
+    teal_data_module(ui = function(id, x) tags$div(), server = function(id) NULL),
     "Must have exactly 1 formal arguments"
   )
 })
 
 testthat::test_that("teal_data_module throws when server has other formals than id only", {
   testthat::expect_error(
-    teal_data_module(ui = function(id) div(), server = function(id, x) NULL),
+    teal_data_module(ui = function(id) tags$div(), server = function(id, x) NULL),
     "Must have exactly 1 formal arguments"
   )
 })
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-utils.R b/tests/testthat/test-utils.R
index 54c7b6f484..67a0628c95 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-utils.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-utils.R
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ testthat::test_that("create_app_id: 'data' accepts teal_data or teal_data_module
   testthat::expect_no_error(create_app_id(teal.data::teal_data(), modules(example_module())))
 
   tdm <- teal_data_module(
-    ui = function(id) div(),
+    ui = function(id) tags$div(),
     server = function(id) NULL
   )
   testthat::expect_no_error(create_app_id(tdm, modules(example_module())))
diff --git a/vignettes/adding-support-for-reporting.Rmd b/vignettes/adding-support-for-reporting.Rmd
index c08a88ae5b..f5ebb24d16 100644
--- a/vignettes/adding-support-for-reporting.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/adding-support-for-reporting.Rmd
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ example_reporter_module <- function(label = "Example") {
 
       sidebarLayout(
         sidebarPanel(
-          div(
+          tags$div(
             teal.reporter::add_card_button_ui(ns("addReportCard")),
             teal.reporter::download_report_button_ui(ns("downloadButton")),
             teal.reporter::reset_report_button_ui(ns("resetButton"))
diff --git a/vignettes/data-as-shiny-module.Rmd b/vignettes/data-as-shiny-module.Rmd
index d64dfa5f0c..48deac74cf 100644
--- a/vignettes/data-as-shiny-module.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/data-as-shiny-module.Rmd
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ library(teal)
 
 ```{r}
 data_module <- teal_data_module(
-  ui = function(id) div(),
+  ui = function(id) tags$div(),
   server = function(id) {
     moduleServer(id, function(input, output, session) {
       reactive({
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ datanames(data) <- c("dataset1", "dataset2")
 data_module <- teal_data_module(
   ui = function(id) {
     ns <- NS(id)
-    div(
+    tags$div(
       selectInput(ns("species"), "Select species to keep",
         choices = unique(iris$Species), multiple = TRUE
       ),
diff --git a/vignettes/getting-started-with-teal.Rmd b/vignettes/getting-started-with-teal.Rmd
index 89187a0d77..342c7de059 100644
--- a/vignettes/getting-started-with-teal.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/getting-started-with-teal.Rmd
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ app <- init(
   ),
   title = build_app_title(title = "My first teal app"),
   header = h3("My first teal application"),
-  footer = div(a("Powered by teal", href = "https://insightsengineering.github.io/teal/latest-tag/"))
+  footer = tags$div(a("Powered by teal", href = "https://insightsengineering.github.io/teal/latest-tag/"))
 )
 
 if (interactive()) {