diff --git a/app/react/package.json b/app/react/package.json
index b16c3e92c8f6..454d6225e33e 100644
--- a/app/react/package.json
+++ b/app/react/package.json
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     "util-deprecate": "^1.0.2",
     "uuid": "^3.1.0",
     "webpack": "^3.10.0",
-    "webpack-dev-middleware": "^1.12.2",
+    "webpack-dev-middleware": "^5.3.4",
     "webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.21.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {