diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/package.json b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
index 43ea8b6aa08..d372677c310 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     "svgr": "1.9.2",
     "sw-precache-webpack-plugin": "0.11.4",
     "thread-loader": "1.1.2",
-    "uglifyjs-webpack-plugin": "1.1.6",
+    "uglifyjs-webpack-plugin": "2.0.0",
     "url-loader": "0.6.2",
     "webpack": "3.10.0",
     "webpack-dev-server": "2.11.0",