diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-react-app/create.js b/packages/babel-preset-react-app/create.js
index 4985ef49ecb..db5c4351017 100644
--- a/packages/babel-preset-react-app/create.js
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-react-app/create.js
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ module.exports = function(api, opts, env) {
           useBuiltIns: 'entry',
           // Set the corejs version we are using to avoid warnings in console
           // This will need to change once we upgrade to corejs@3
-          corejs: 3,
+          corejs: '3.5',
           // Do not transform modules to CJS
           modules: false,
           // Exclude transforms that make all code slower
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-react-app/dependencies.js b/packages/babel-preset-react-app/dependencies.js
index 7ec4d0e2cf5..4040224138a 100644
--- a/packages/babel-preset-react-app/dependencies.js
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-react-app/dependencies.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ module.exports = function(api, opts) {
           useBuiltIns: 'entry',
           // Set the corejs version we are using to avoid warnings in console
           // This will need to change once we upgrade to corejs@3
-          corejs: 3,
+          corejs: '3.5',
           // Do not transform modules to CJS
           modules: false,
           // Exclude transforms that make all code slower