diff --git a/packages/react-docsite-components/package.json b/packages/react-docsite-components/package.json
index 9ee6e68d08a..35e124fe176 100644
--- a/packages/react-docsite-components/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-docsite-components/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "markdown-to-jsx": "^7.0.0",
     "office-ui-fabric-core": "^11.0.0",
     "react-custom-scrollbars": "^4.2.1",
-    "react-syntax-highlighter": "^10.1.3",
+    "react-syntax-highlighter": "^16.0.0",
     "tslib": "^2.1.0"
   }
 }