diff --git a/packages/gatsby/package.json b/packages/gatsby/package.json
index 204f82960ebae..a8d6ed9b96b9f 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby/package.json
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@
     "uuid": "^3.1.0",
     "v8-compile-cache": "^1.1.0",
     "webpack": "^4.12.0",
-    "webpack-dev-middleware": "^3.0.1",
-    "webpack-dev-server": "^3.1.1",
+    "webpack-dev-middleware": "^5.3.4",
+    "webpack-dev-server": "^4.0.0",
     "webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.21.0",
     "webpack-merge": "^4.1.0",
     "webpack-stats-plugin": "^0.1.5",