diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/package.json b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
index d6cea812012..4f05f41f373 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "css-loader": "1.0.0",
     "dotenv": "6.0.0",
     "dotenv-expand": "4.2.0",
-    "eslint": "5.6.0",
+    "eslint": "^5.6.0",
     "eslint-config-react-app": "^3.0.4",
     "eslint-loader": "2.1.1",
     "eslint-plugin-flowtype": "2.50.1",