diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/package.json b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
index 71fe096a266..0638cb947dd 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     "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": "5.2.1",
     "webpack-manifest-plugin": "1.3.2",
     "webpack-node-externals": "^1.6.0",
     "whatwg-fetch": "2.0.3"