diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0a5368e2..6f25333a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"@cypress/snapshot": "^2.1.7",
 		"@sveltejs/adapter-static": "1.0.0-next.26",
-		"@sveltejs/kit": "1.0.0-next.247",
+		"@sveltejs/kit": "1.0.0-next.260",
 		"@types/mermaid": "^8.2.7",
 		"@types/pako": "^1.0.3",
 		"@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^4.33.0",
diff --git a/svelte.config.js b/svelte.config.js
index e98cf1d7..46916306 100644
--- a/svelte.config.js
+++ b/svelte.config.js
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ const config = {
 					base: `/mermaid-live-editor${process.env['BETA'] ? '/beta' : ''}`
 			  }
 			: {},
-		// hydrate the <div id="svelte"> element in src/app.html
-		target: '#svelte',
 		trailingSlash: 'ignore',
 		vite: {
 			envPrefix: 'MERMAID_',
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 237975a3..739182a3 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -204,10 +204,10 @@
   dependencies:
     tiny-glob "^0.2.9"
 
-"@sveltejs/kit@1.0.0-next.247":
-  version "1.0.0-next.247"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@sveltejs/kit/-/kit-1.0.0-next.247.tgz#830a41a5c1529abe4ff5ff6c5d1d179165d7bce5"
-  integrity sha512-8xoSxJ3+Zid4y53dXd9lTLp94heYV1qmCEN6K2sjkFNELy2VaQ0/AWj2z0HWMnUQ2/iojb63OQvdXC46NaV+sQ==
+"@sveltejs/kit@1.0.0-next.260":
+  version "1.0.0-next.260"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@sveltejs/kit/-/kit-1.0.0-next.260.tgz#3e3c26f59c439744db54a48742ee07ac071114db"
+  integrity sha512-0EEkGD0BpZdgRm9UoOnldS8iDFFhT2ixN3oQ/9DblGKNo7cz/FEQmKoYYIOOVYI3XyurwccWORPEpTTA4l9Oew==
   dependencies:
     "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte" "^1.0.0-next.32"
     sade "^1.7.4"