diff --git a/boilerplate/package.json b/boilerplate/package.json
index d9651e157..f2ed5dab3 100644
--- a/boilerplate/package.json
+++ b/boilerplate/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "typescript": "2.3.2",
     "url-loader": "0.5.7",
     "webpack": "2.2.1",
-    "webpack-dev-middleware": "1.10.1",
+    "webpack-dev-middleware": "5.3.4",
     "webpack-hot-middleware": "2.17.1",
     "webpack-visualizer-plugin": "0.1.10",
     "yargs": "8.0.2"