diff --git a/packages/gatsby/package.json b/packages/gatsby/package.json
index 204f82960ebae..8aebe2c6226f2 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "cache-manager": "^2.9.0",
     "cache-manager-fs-hash": "^0.0.6",
     "chalk": "^2.3.2",
-    "chokidar": "^2.0.2",
+    "chokidar": "^3.0.0",
     "common-tags": "^1.4.0",
     "compression": "^1.7.3",
     "convert-hrtime": "^2.0.0",
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
     "v8-compile-cache": "^1.1.0",
     "webpack": "^4.12.0",
     "webpack-dev-middleware": "^3.0.1",
-    "webpack-dev-server": "^3.1.1",
+    "webpack-dev-server": "^4.0.0",
     "webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.21.0",
     "webpack-merge": "^4.1.0",
     "webpack-stats-plugin": "^0.1.5",