diff --git a/packages/gatsby/package.json b/packages/gatsby/package.json
index 5a739fcef98e5..b63d08e076e71 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby/package.json
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@
     "v8-compile-cache": "^1.1.0",
     "webpack": "^1.13.3",
     "webpack-configurator": "^0.3.0",
-    "webpack-dev-middleware": "^1.8.4",
-    "webpack-dev-server": "^1.16.1",
+    "webpack-dev-middleware": "^5.3.4",
+    "webpack-dev-server": "^4.0.0",
     "webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.13.2",
     "webpack-md5-hash": "0.0.5",
     "webpack-stats-plugin": "^0.1.4",