diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/package.json b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
index 20f3ff814aca6b3470c8139b8b03f8adfcb30b60..2b793a35daba3df5fff3b8c7abc5d5af4defcbd3 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
     "whatwg-fetch": "2.0.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "react": "^15.5.4",
-    "react-dom": "^15.5.4"
+    "react": "^16.0.0",
+    "react-dom": "^16.0.0"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
     "fsevents": "1.1.2"