diff --git a/packages/docsearch-react/src/DocSearch.tsx b/packages/docsearch-react/src/DocSearch.tsx
index 26cded14..83da36ad 100644
--- a/packages/docsearch-react/src/DocSearch.tsx
+++ b/packages/docsearch-react/src/DocSearch.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export type DocSearchTranslations = Partial<{
 }>;
 
 export interface DocSearchProps {
-  appId?: string;
+  appId: string;
   apiKey: string;
   indexName: string;
   placeholder?: string;
diff --git a/packages/docsearch-react/src/DocSearchModal.tsx b/packages/docsearch-react/src/DocSearchModal.tsx
index d4cdc421..2d82ab44 100644
--- a/packages/docsearch-react/src/DocSearchModal.tsx
+++ b/packages/docsearch-react/src/DocSearchModal.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export type DocSearchModalProps = DocSearchProps & {
 };
 
 export function DocSearchModal({
-  appId = 'BH4D9OD16A',
+  appId,
   apiKey,
   indexName,
   placeholder = 'Search docs',
diff --git a/packages/docsearch-react/src/__tests__/api.test.tsx b/packages/docsearch-react/src/__tests__/api.test.tsx
index efd23979..ec5ab335 100644
--- a/packages/docsearch-react/src/__tests__/api.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/docsearch-react/src/__tests__/api.test.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ import { DocSearch as DocSearchComponent } from '../DocSearch';
 import type { DocSearchProps } from '../DocSearch';
 
 function DocSearch(props: Partial<DocSearchProps>) {
-  return <DocSearchComponent apiKey="foo" indexName="bar" {...props} />;
+  return (
+    <DocSearchComponent appId="woo" apiKey="foo" indexName="bar" {...props} />
+  );
 }
 
 // mock empty response