diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0083bc0e4d9a..5e59f834a399 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "object-path": "^0.11.2",
     "opencollective": "^1.0.3",
     "query-string": "^4.2.3",
-    "react": "^15.3.1",
+    "react": "^16.8.6",
     "react-dom": "^15.3.1",
     "whatwg-fetch": "^1.0.0"
   },