diff --git a/packages/gatsby/package.json b/packages/gatsby/package.json
index eb607f9f3328b..a8e7bd67ea3cf 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby/package.json
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
     "v8-compile-cache": "^1.1.2",
     "webpack": "^4.44.1",
     "webpack-dev-middleware": "^3.7.2",
-    "webpack-dev-server": "^3.11.0",
+    "webpack-dev-server": "^4.0.0",
     "webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.25.0",
     "webpack-merge": "^4.2.2",
     "webpack-stats-plugin": "^0.3.2",