diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/package.json b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
index 65329b74e2c..46e9a00a020 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "case-sensitive-paths-webpack-plugin": "2.1.1",
     "chalk": "2.3.0",
     "css-loader": "0.28.9",
-    "dotenv": "4.0.0",
+    "dotenv": "5.0.0",
     "dotenv-expand": "4.2.0",
     "eslint": "4.15.0",
     "eslint-config-react-app": "^2.1.0",