diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/package.json b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
index dcac53cf49f..5c296130372 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     "sw-precache-webpack-plugin": "0.11.4",
     "url-loader": "0.6.2",
     "webpack": "3.8.1",
-    "webpack-dev-server": "2.9.4",
+    "webpack-dev-server": "4.8.0",
     "webpack-manifest-plugin": "1.3.2",
     "whatwg-fetch": "2.0.3"
   },