diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/package.json b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
index 43ea8b6aa08..5826b1b555a 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     "uglifyjs-webpack-plugin": "1.1.6",
     "url-loader": "0.6.2",
     "webpack": "3.10.0",
-    "webpack-dev-server": "2.11.0",
+    "webpack-dev-server": "4.8.0",
     "webpack-manifest-plugin": "1.3.2",
     "whatwg-fetch": "2.0.3"
   },