diff --git a/packages/gatsby/package.json b/packages/gatsby/package.json
index e5564c27a077b..7704e923062ac 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby/package.json
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     "webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.13.2",
     "webpack-md5-hash": "0.0.5",
     "webpack-stats-plugin": "^0.1.4",
-    "webpack-validator": "^2.2.7",
+    "webpack-validator": "^3.0.1",
     "yaml-loader": "^0.4.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {