diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/package.json b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
index ac6dc41f3a3..8fcacea7612 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "fs-extra": "0.30.0",
     "gzip-size": "3.0.0",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "2.24.0",
-    "http-proxy-middleware": "0.17.2",
+    "http-proxy-middleware": "2.0.9",
     "jest": "17.0.2",
     "json-loader": "0.5.4",
     "object-assign": "4.1.0",