diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/package.json b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
index 46e9a00a020..7aa0c922c14 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     "postcss-loader": "2.0.10",
     "promise": "8.0.1",
     "raf": "3.4.0",
-    "react-dev-utils": "^5.0.0",
+    "react-dev-utils": "^12.0.0",
     "style-loader": "0.19.1",
     "svgr": "1.8.1",
     "sw-precache-webpack-plugin": "0.11.4",