diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/package.json b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
index 123f966d035..ad6cf748bc8 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     "file-loader": "0.11.2",
     "fs-extra": "3.0.1",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "2.29.0",
-    "jest": "20.0.4",
+    "jest": "26.0.0",
     "object-assign": "4.1.1",
     "postcss-flexbugs-fixes": "3.2.0",
     "postcss-loader": "2.0.6",