diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1084992025..e8309674b8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,16 +19,16 @@
     "precommit": "lint-staged"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "eslint": "4.15.0",
-    "execa": "^0.9.0",
-    "husky": "^0.13.2",
-    "lerna": "2.6.0",
-    "lerna-changelog": "^0.6.0",
+    "eslint": "4.19.1",
+    "execa": "^0.10.0",
+    "husky": "^0.14.3",
+    "lerna": "2.9.1",
+    "lerna-changelog": "^0.7.0",
     "lint-staged": "^7.0.5",
     "meow": "^4.0.0",
     "multimatch": "^2.1.0",
-    "prettier": "1.6.1",
-    "svg-term-cli": "^2.0.3",
+    "prettier": "1.12.1",
+    "svg-term-cli": "^2.1.1",
     "tempy": "^0.2.1"
   },
   "lint-staged": {
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-react-app/package.json b/packages/babel-preset-react-app/package.json
index 9df5dcb732..32054a9874 100644
--- a/packages/babel-preset-react-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-react-app/package.json
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@
     "@babel/preset-react": "7.0.0-beta.46",
     "babel-plugin-macros": "2.2.1",
     "babel-plugin-transform-dynamic-import": "2.0.0",
-    "babel-plugin-transform-react-remove-prop-types": "0.4.12"
+    "babel-plugin-transform-react-remove-prop-types": "0.4.13"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/confusing-browser-globals/package.json b/packages/confusing-browser-globals/package.json
index 874bec0a52..88767c4d0f 100644
--- a/packages/confusing-browser-globals/package.json
+++ b/packages/confusing-browser-globals/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@
     "index.js"
   ],
   "devDependencies": {
-    "jest": "22.4.1"
+    "jest": "22.4.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-react-app/package.json b/packages/eslint-config-react-app/package.json
index c4b51925e6..35c60230a7 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-react-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-react-app/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-flowtype": "^2.34.1",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.6.0",
     "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "^6.0.2",
-    "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.7.0"
+    "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.8.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "confusing-browser-globals": "^1.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/react-dev-utils/InterpolateHtmlPlugin.js b/packages/react-dev-utils/InterpolateHtmlPlugin.js
index 9233bdefa3..5100349f33 100644
--- a/packages/react-dev-utils/InterpolateHtmlPlugin.js
+++ b/packages/react-dev-utils/InterpolateHtmlPlugin.js
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ class InterpolateHtmlPlugin {
   }
 
   apply(compiler) {
-    compiler.plugin('compilation', compilation => {
-      compilation.plugin(
-        'html-webpack-plugin-before-html-processing',
-        (data, callback) => {
+    compiler.hooks.compilation.tap('InterpolateHtmlPlugin', compilation => {
+      compilation.hooks.htmlWebpackPluginBeforeHtmlProcessing.tap(
+        'InterpolateHtmlPlugin',
+        data => {
           // Run HTML through a series of user-specified string replacements.
           Object.keys(this.replacements).forEach(key => {
             const value = this.replacements[key];
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ class InterpolateHtmlPlugin {
               value
             );
           });
-          callback(null, data);
         }
       );
     });
diff --git a/packages/react-dev-utils/ModuleScopePlugin.js b/packages/react-dev-utils/ModuleScopePlugin.js
index 695426331b..a16954c91e 100644
--- a/packages/react-dev-utils/ModuleScopePlugin.js
+++ b/packages/react-dev-utils/ModuleScopePlugin.js
@@ -18,70 +18,72 @@ class ModuleScopePlugin {
 
   apply(resolver) {
     const { appSrcs } = this;
-    resolver.plugin('file', (request, callback) => {
-      // Unknown issuer, probably webpack internals
-      if (!request.context.issuer) {
-        return callback();
-      }
-      if (
-        // If this resolves to a node_module, we don't care what happens next
-        request.descriptionFileRoot.indexOf('/node_modules/') !== -1 ||
-        request.descriptionFileRoot.indexOf('\\node_modules\\') !== -1 ||
-        // Make sure this request was manual
-        !request.__innerRequest_request
-      ) {
-        return callback();
-      }
-      // Resolve the issuer from our appSrc and make sure it's one of our files
-      // Maybe an indexOf === 0 would be better?
-      if (
-        appSrcs.every(appSrc => {
-          const relative = path.relative(appSrc, request.context.issuer);
-          // If it's not in one of our app src or a subdirectory, not our request!
-          return relative.startsWith('../') || relative.startsWith('..\\');
-        })
-      ) {
-        return callback();
-      }
-      const requestFullPath = path.resolve(
-        path.dirname(request.context.issuer),
-        request.__innerRequest_request
-      );
-      if (this.allowedFiles.has(requestFullPath)) {
-        return callback();
-      }
-      // Find path from src to the requested file
-      // Error if in a parent directory of all given appSrcs
-      if (
-        appSrcs.every(appSrc => {
-          const requestRelative = path.relative(appSrc, requestFullPath);
-          return (
-            requestRelative.startsWith('../') ||
-            requestRelative.startsWith('..\\')
-          );
-        })
-      ) {
-        callback(
-          new Error(
-            `You attempted to import ${chalk.cyan(
-              request.__innerRequest_request
-            )} which falls outside of the project ${chalk.cyan(
-              'src/'
-            )} directory. ` +
-              `Relative imports outside of ${chalk.cyan(
-                'src/'
-              )} are not supported. ` +
-              `You can either move it inside ${chalk.cyan(
-                'src/'
-              )}, or add a symlink to it from project's ${chalk.cyan(
-                'node_modules/'
-              )}.`
-          ),
-          request
+    resolver.hooks.file.tapAsync(
+      'ModuleScopePlugin',
+      (request, contextResolver, callback) => {
+        // Unknown issuer, probably webpack internals
+        if (!request.context.issuer) {
+          return callback();
+        }
+        if (
+          // If this resolves to a node_module, we don't care what happens next
+          request.descriptionFileRoot.indexOf('/node_modules/') !== -1 ||
+          request.descriptionFileRoot.indexOf('\\node_modules\\') !== -1 ||
+          // Make sure this request was manual
+          !request.__innerRequest_request
+        ) {
+          return callback();
+        }
+        // Resolve the issuer from our appSrc and make sure it's one of our files
+        // Maybe an indexOf === 0 would be better?
+        if (
+          appSrcs.every(appSrc => {
+            const relative = path.relative(appSrc, request.context.issuer);
+            // If it's not in one of our app src or a subdirectory, not our request!
+            return relative.startsWith('../') || relative.startsWith('..\\');
+          })
+        ) {
+          return callback();
+        }
+        const requestFullPath = path.resolve(
+          path.dirname(request.context.issuer),
+          request.__innerRequest_request
         );
-      } else {
-        callback();
-      }
+        if (this.allowedFiles.has(requestFullPath)) {
+          return callback();
+        }
+        // Find path from src to the requested file
+        // Error if in a parent directory of all given appSrcs
+        if (
+          appSrcs.every(appSrc => {
+            const requestRelative = path.relative(appSrc, requestFullPath);
+            return (
+              requestRelative.startsWith('../') ||
+              requestRelative.startsWith('..\\')
+            );
+          })
+        ) {
+          callback(
+            new Error(
+              `You attempted to import ${chalk.cyan(
+                request.__innerRequest_request
+              )} which falls outside of the project ${chalk.cyan(
+                'src/'
+              )} directory. ` +
+                `Relative imports outside of ${chalk.cyan(
+                  'src/'
+                )} are not supported. ` +
+                `You can either move it inside ${chalk.cyan(
+                  'src/'
+                )}, or add a symlink to it from project's ${chalk.cyan(
+                  'node_modules/'
+                )}.`
+            ),
+            request
+          );
+        } else {
+          callback();
+        }
     });
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-dev-utils/README.md b/packages/react-dev-utils/README.md
index f63febe7c6..9d53e05db0 100644
--- a/packages/react-dev-utils/README.md
+++ b/packages/react-dev-utils/README.md
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ module.exports = {
   },
   // ...
   plugins: [
+    // Generates an `index.html` file with the <script> injected.
+    new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
+      inject: true,
+      template: path.resolve('public/index.html'),
+    }),
     // Makes the public URL available as %PUBLIC_URL% in index.html, e.g.:
     // <link rel="shortcut icon" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon.ico">
     new InterpolateHtmlPlugin({
@@ -45,11 +50,6 @@ module.exports = {
       // You can pass any key-value pairs, this was just an example.
       // WHATEVER: 42 will replace %WHATEVER% with 42 in index.html.
     }),
-    // Generates an `index.html` file with the <script> injected.
-    new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
-      inject: true,
-      template: path.resolve('public/index.html'),
-    }),
     // ...
   ],
   // ...
@@ -198,11 +198,11 @@ var formatWebpackMessages = require('react-dev-utils/formatWebpackMessages');
 
 var compiler = webpack(config);
 
-compiler.plugin('invalid', function() {
+compiler.hooks.invalid.tap('invalid', function() {
   console.log('Compiling...');
 });
 
-compiler.plugin('done', function(stats) {
+compiler.hooks.done.tap('done', function(stats) {
   var rawMessages = stats.toJson({}, true);
   var messages = formatWebpackMessages(rawMessages);
   if (!messages.errors.length && !messages.warnings.length) {
diff --git a/packages/react-dev-utils/WatchMissingNodeModulesPlugin.js b/packages/react-dev-utils/WatchMissingNodeModulesPlugin.js
index 6ba3907593..914466f1eb 100644
--- a/packages/react-dev-utils/WatchMissingNodeModulesPlugin.js
+++ b/packages/react-dev-utils/WatchMissingNodeModulesPlugin.js
@@ -17,17 +17,15 @@ class WatchMissingNodeModulesPlugin {
   }
 
   apply(compiler) {
-    compiler.plugin('emit', (compilation, callback) => {
-      var missingDeps = compilation.missingDependencies;
+    compiler.hooks.emit.tap('WatchMissingNodeModulesPlugin', compilation => {
+      var missingDeps = Array.from(compilation.missingDependencies);
       var nodeModulesPath = this.nodeModulesPath;
 
       // If any missing files are expected to appear in node_modules...
-      if (missingDeps.some(file => file.indexOf(nodeModulesPath) !== -1)) {
+      if (missingDeps.some(file => file.includes(nodeModulesPath))) {
         // ...tell webpack to watch node_modules recursively until they appear.
-        compilation.contextDependencies.push(nodeModulesPath);
+        compilation.contextDependencies.add(nodeModulesPath);
       }
-
-      callback();
     });
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-dev-utils/WebpackDevServerUtils.js b/packages/react-dev-utils/WebpackDevServerUtils.js
index 1208d7fc77..bc0378459c 100644
--- a/packages/react-dev-utils/WebpackDevServerUtils.js
+++ b/packages/react-dev-utils/WebpackDevServerUtils.js
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ function createCompiler(webpack, config, appName, urls, useYarn) {
   // recompiling a bundle. WebpackDevServer takes care to pause serving the
   // bundle, so if you refresh, it'll wait instead of serving the old one.
   // "invalid" is short for "bundle invalidated", it doesn't imply any errors.
-  compiler.plugin('invalid', () => {
+  compiler.hooks.invalid.tap('invalid', () => {
     if (isInteractive) {
       clearConsole();
     }
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function createCompiler(webpack, config, appName, urls, useYarn) {
 
   // "done" event fires when Webpack has finished recompiling the bundle.
   // Whether or not you have warnings or errors, you will get this event.
-  compiler.plugin('done', stats => {
+  compiler.hooks.done.tap('done', stats => {
     if (isInteractive) {
       clearConsole();
     }
diff --git a/packages/react-dev-utils/package.json b/packages/react-dev-utils/package.json
index 48197f822c..6e49955e45 100644
--- a/packages/react-dev-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-dev-utils/package.json
@@ -40,29 +40,29 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/code-frame": "7.0.0-beta.46",
     "address": "1.0.3",
-    "browserslist": "2.11.3",
-    "chalk": "2.3.0",
-    "cross-spawn": "5.1.0",
+    "browserslist": "3.2.6",
+    "chalk": "2.4.1",
+    "cross-spawn": "6.0.5",
     "detect-port-alt": "1.1.6",
     "escape-string-regexp": "1.0.5",
-    "filesize": "3.5.11",
+    "filesize": "3.6.1",
     "find-pkg": "1.0.0",
     "global-modules": "1.0.0",
-    "globby": "7.1.1",
+    "globby": "8.0.1",
     "gzip-size": "4.1.0",
-    "inquirer": "5.0.0",
+    "inquirer": "5.1.0",
     "is-root": "1.0.0",
-    "opn": "5.2.0",
+    "opn": "5.3.0",
     "pkg-up": "2.0.0",
     "react-error-overlay": "^4.0.0",
-    "recursive-readdir": "2.2.1",
+    "recursive-readdir": "2.2.2",
     "shell-quote": "1.6.1",
     "sockjs-client": "1.1.4",
     "strip-ansi": "4.0.0",
     "text-table": "0.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "jest": "22.4.1"
+    "jest": "22.4.3"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "jest"
diff --git a/packages/react-error-overlay/package.json b/packages/react-error-overlay/package.json
index f6b45a1d5e..6e7e1f3e88 100644
--- a/packages/react-error-overlay/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-error-overlay/package.json
@@ -36,31 +36,32 @@
     "anser": "1.4.6",
     "babel-core": "^7.0.0-bridge.0",
     "babel-eslint": "^8.2.2",
-    "babel-jest": "^22.4.1",
+    "babel-jest": "^22.4.3",
     "babel-loader": "^8.0.0-beta.0",
     "babel-preset-react-app": "^3.1.1",
-    "chalk": "^2.1.0",
-    "chokidar": "^2.0.0",
-    "cross-env": "5.1.3",
-    "eslint": "4.15.0",
+    "chalk": "^2.3.2",
+    "chokidar": "^2.0.2",
+    "cross-env": "5.1.4",
+    "eslint": "4.19.1",
     "eslint-config-react-app": "^2.1.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-flowtype": "2.41.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-import": "2.8.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-flowtype": "2.46.1",
+    "eslint-plugin-import": "2.9.0",
     "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "6.0.3",
-    "eslint-plugin-react": "7.7.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-react": "7.8.2",
     "flow-bin": "^0.63.1",
     "html-entities": "1.2.1",
-    "jest": "22.4.1",
-    "jest-fetch-mock": "1.2.1",
+    "jest": "22.4.3",
+    "jest-fetch-mock": "1.5.0",
     "object-assign": "4.1.1",
     "promise": "8.0.1",
     "raw-loader": "^0.5.1",
-    "react": "^16.0.0",
-    "react-dom": "^16.0.0",
-    "rimraf": "^2.6.1",
+    "react": "^16.3.2",
+    "react-dom": "^16.3.2",
+    "rimraf": "^2.6.2",
     "settle-promise": "1.0.0",
     "source-map": "0.5.6",
-    "webpack": "^3.6.0"
+    "uglifyjs-webpack-plugin": "1.2.5",
+    "webpack": "^4.8.1"
   },
   "jest": {
     "setupFiles": [
diff --git a/packages/react-error-overlay/webpack.config.iframe.js b/packages/react-error-overlay/webpack.config.iframe.js
index a3cc7c4486..3a806f362d 100644
--- a/packages/react-error-overlay/webpack.config.iframe.js
+++ b/packages/react-error-overlay/webpack.config.iframe.js
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@
 
 const path = require('path');
 const webpack = require('webpack');
+const UglifyJsPlugin = require('uglifyjs-webpack-plugin');
 
 module.exports = {
+  mode: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ? 'production' : 'development',
   entry: './src/iframeScript.js',
   output: {
     path: path.join(__dirname, './lib'),
@@ -43,6 +45,24 @@ module.exports = {
       },
     ],
   },
+  optimization: {
+    minimizer: [
+      // This code is embedded as a string, so it would never be optimized
+      // elsewhere.
+      new UglifyJsPlugin({
+        uglifyOptions: {
+          compress: {
+            warnings: false,
+            comparisons: false,
+          },
+          output: {
+            comments: false,
+            ascii_only: false,
+          },
+        },
+      }),
+    ],
+  },
   plugins: [
     new webpack.DefinePlugin({
       // We set process.env.NODE_ENV to 'production' so that React is built
@@ -51,17 +71,5 @@ module.exports = {
       // This prevents our bundled React from accidentally hijacking devtools.
       __REACT_DEVTOOLS_GLOBAL_HOOK__: '({})',
     }),
-    // This code is embedded as a string, so it would never be optimized
-    // elsewhere.
-    new webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin({
-      compress: {
-        warnings: false,
-        comparisons: false,
-      },
-      output: {
-        comments: false,
-        ascii_only: false,
-      },
-    }),
   ],
 };
diff --git a/packages/react-error-overlay/webpack.config.js b/packages/react-error-overlay/webpack.config.js
index bc8b363f76..dce51e0f9e 100644
--- a/packages/react-error-overlay/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/react-error-overlay/webpack.config.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 const path = require('path');
 
 module.exports = {
+  mode: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ? 'production' : 'development',
   entry: './src/index.js',
   output: {
     path: path.join(__dirname, './lib'),
@@ -34,4 +35,14 @@ module.exports = {
       iframeScript$: path.resolve(__dirname, './lib/iframe-bundle.js'),
     },
   },
+  optimization: {
+    nodeEnv: false,
+  },
+  node: {
+    fs: 'empty',
+    process: false,
+  },
+  performance: {
+    hints: false,
+  },
 };
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js
index 7a1b66803b..dca4378e18 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js
@@ -31,21 +31,6 @@ const publicUrl = '';
 // Get environment variables to inject into our app.
 const env = getClientEnvironment(publicUrl);
 
-// Options for PostCSS as we reference these options twice
-// Adds vendor prefixing based on your specified browser support in
-// package.json
-const postCSSLoaderOptions = {
-  // Necessary for external CSS imports to work
-  // https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues/2677
-  ident: 'postcss',
-  plugins: () => [
-    require('postcss-flexbugs-fixes'),
-    autoprefixer({
-      flexbox: 'no-2009',
-    }),
-  ],
-};
-
 // style files regexes
 const cssRegex = /\.css$/;
 const cssModuleRegex = /\.module\.css$/;
@@ -61,8 +46,21 @@ const getStyleLoaders = (cssOptions, preProcessor) => {
       options: cssOptions,
     },
     {
+      // Options for PostCSS as we reference these options twice
+      // Adds vendor prefixing based on your specified browser support in
+      // package.json
       loader: require.resolve('postcss-loader'),
-      options: postCSSLoaderOptions,
+      options: {
+        // Necessary for external CSS imports to work
+        // https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues/2677
+        ident: 'postcss',
+        plugins: () => [
+          require('postcss-flexbugs-fixes'),
+          autoprefixer({
+            flexbox: 'no-2009',
+          }),
+        ],
+      },
     },
   ];
   if (preProcessor) {
@@ -75,6 +73,7 @@ const getStyleLoaders = (cssOptions, preProcessor) => {
 // It is focused on developer experience and fast rebuilds.
 // The production configuration is different and lives in a separate file.
 module.exports = {
+  mode: 'development',
   // You may want 'eval' instead if you prefer to see the compiled output in DevTools.
   // See the discussion in https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues/343.
   devtool: 'cheap-module-source-map',
@@ -116,6 +115,18 @@ module.exports = {
     devtoolModuleFilenameTemplate: info =>
       path.resolve(info.absoluteResourcePath).replace(/\\/g, '/'),
   },
+  optimization: {
+    // Automatically split vendor and commons
+    // https://twitter.com/wSokra/status/969633336732905474
+    // https://medium.com/webpack/webpack-4-code-splitting-chunk-graph-and-the-splitchunks-optimization-be739a861366
+    splitChunks: {
+      chunks: 'all',
+      name: 'vendors',
+    },
+    // Keep the runtime chunk seperated to enable long term caching
+    // https://twitter.com/wSokra/status/969679223278505985
+    runtimeChunk: true,
+  },
   resolve: {
     // This allows you to set a fallback for where Webpack should look for modules.
     // We placed these paths second because we want `node_modules` to "win"
@@ -335,18 +346,16 @@ module.exports = {
     ],
   },
   plugins: [
-    // Makes some environment variables available in index.html.
-    // The public URL is available as %PUBLIC_URL% in index.html, e.g.:
-    // <link rel="shortcut icon" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon.ico">
-    // In development, this will be an empty string.
-    new InterpolateHtmlPlugin(env.raw),
     // Generates an `index.html` file with the <script> injected.
     new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
       inject: true,
       template: paths.appHtml,
     }),
-    // Add module names to factory functions so they appear in browser profiler.
-    new webpack.NamedModulesPlugin(),
+    // Makes some environment variables available in index.html.
+    // The public URL is available as %PUBLIC_URL% in index.html, e.g.:
+    // <link rel="shortcut icon" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon.ico">
+    // In development, this will be an empty string.
+    new InterpolateHtmlPlugin(env.raw),
     // Makes some environment variables available to the JS code, for example:
     // if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') { ... }. See `./env.js`.
     new webpack.DefinePlugin(env.stringified),
@@ -368,6 +377,7 @@ module.exports = {
     // You can remove this if you don't use Moment.js:
     new webpack.IgnorePlugin(/^\.\/locale$/, /moment$/),
   ],
+
   // Some libraries import Node modules but don't use them in the browser.
   // Tell Webpack to provide empty mocks for them so importing them works.
   node: {
@@ -377,10 +387,7 @@ module.exports = {
     tls: 'empty',
     child_process: 'empty',
   },
-  // Turn off performance hints during development because we don't do any
-  // splitting or minification in interest of speed. These warnings become
-  // cumbersome.
-  performance: {
-    hints: false,
-  },
+  // Turn off performance processing because we utilize
+  // our own hints via the FileSizeReporter
+  performance: false,
 };
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
index c8d1f3b13d..4d04909a8b 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ const path = require('path');
 const webpack = require('webpack');
 const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
 const UglifyJsPlugin = require('uglifyjs-webpack-plugin');
-const ExtractTextPlugin = require('extract-text-webpack-plugin');
+const MiniCssExtractPlugin = require('mini-css-extract-plugin');
+const OptimizeCSSAssetsPlugin = require('optimize-css-assets-webpack-plugin');
 const ManifestPlugin = require('webpack-manifest-plugin');
 const InterpolateHtmlPlugin = require('react-dev-utils/InterpolateHtmlPlugin');
 const SWPrecacheWebpackPlugin = require('sw-precache-webpack-plugin');
@@ -26,9 +27,6 @@ const getClientEnvironment = require('./env');
 // Webpack uses `publicPath` to determine where the app is being served from.
 // It requires a trailing slash, or the file assets will get an incorrect path.
 const publicPath = paths.servedPath;
-// Some apps do not use client-side routing with pushState.
-// For these, "homepage" can be set to "." to enable relative asset paths.
-const shouldUseRelativeAssetPaths = publicPath === './';
 // Source maps are resource heavy and can cause out of memory issue for large source files.
 const shouldUseSourceMap = process.env.GENERATE_SOURCEMAP !== 'false';
 // `publicUrl` is just like `publicPath`, but we will provide it to our app
@@ -44,34 +42,6 @@ if (env.stringified['process.env'].NODE_ENV !== '"production"') {
   throw new Error('Production builds must have NODE_ENV=production.');
 }
 
-// Note: defined here because it will be used more than once.
-const cssFilename = 'static/css/[name].[contenthash:8].css';
-
-// ExtractTextPlugin expects the build output to be flat.
-// (See https://github.com/webpack-contrib/extract-text-webpack-plugin/issues/27)
-// However, our output is structured with css, js and media folders.
-// To have this structure working with relative paths, we have to use custom options.
-const extractTextPluginOptions = shouldUseRelativeAssetPaths
-  ? // Making sure that the publicPath goes back to to build folder.
-    { publicPath: Array(cssFilename.split('/').length).join('../') }
-  : {};
-
-// Options for PostCSS as we reference these options twice
-// Adds vendor prefixing based on your specified browser support in
-// package.json
-const postCSSLoaderOptions = {
-  // Necessary for external CSS imports to work
-  // https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues/2677
-  ident: 'postcss',
-  plugins: () => [
-    require('postcss-flexbugs-fixes'),
-    autoprefixer({
-      flexbox: 'no-2009',
-    }),
-  ],
-  sourceMap: shouldUseSourceMap,
-};
-
 // style files regexes
 const cssRegex = /\.css$/;
 const cssModuleRegex = /\.module\.css$/;
@@ -81,13 +51,28 @@ const sassModuleRegex = /\.module\.(scss|sass)$/;
 // common function to get style loaders
 const getStyleLoaders = (cssOptions, preProcessor) => {
   const loaders = [
+    MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader,
     {
       loader: require.resolve('css-loader'),
       options: cssOptions,
     },
     {
+      // Options for PostCSS as we reference these options twice
+      // Adds vendor prefixing based on your specified browser support in
+      // package.json
       loader: require.resolve('postcss-loader'),
-      options: postCSSLoaderOptions,
+      options: {
+        // Necessary for external CSS imports to work
+        // https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues/2677
+        ident: 'postcss',
+        plugins: () => [
+          require('postcss-flexbugs-fixes'),
+          autoprefixer({
+            flexbox: 'no-2009',
+          }),
+        ],
+        sourceMap: shouldUseSourceMap,
+      },
     },
   ];
   if (preProcessor) {
@@ -98,26 +83,14 @@ const getStyleLoaders = (cssOptions, preProcessor) => {
       },
     });
   }
-  return ExtractTextPlugin.extract(
-    Object.assign(
-      {
-        fallback: {
-          loader: require.resolve('style-loader'),
-          options: {
-            hmr: false,
-          },
-        },
-        use: loaders,
-      },
-      extractTextPluginOptions
-    )
-  );
+  return loaders;
 };
 
 // This is the production configuration.
 // It compiles slowly and is focused on producing a fast and minimal bundle.
 // The development configuration is different and lives in a separate file.
 module.exports = {
+  mode: 'production',
   // Don't attempt to continue if there are any errors.
   bail: true,
   // We generate sourcemaps in production. This is slow but gives good results.
@@ -141,6 +114,58 @@ module.exports = {
         .relative(paths.appSrc, info.absoluteResourcePath)
         .replace(/\\/g, '/'),
   },
+  optimization: {
+    minimizer: [
+      new UglifyJsPlugin({
+        uglifyOptions: {
+          parse: {
+            // we want uglify-js to parse ecma 8 code. However, we don't want it
+            // to apply any minfication steps that turns valid ecma 5 code
+            // into invalid ecma 5 code. This is why the 'compress' and 'output'
+            // sections only apply transformations that are ecma 5 safe
+            // https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/pull/4234
+            ecma: 8,
+          },
+          compress: {
+            ecma: 5,
+            warnings: false,
+            // Disabled because of an issue with Uglify breaking seemingly valid code:
+            // https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues/2376
+            // Pending further investigation:
+            // https://github.com/mishoo/UglifyJS2/issues/2011
+            comparisons: false,
+          },
+          mangle: {
+            safari10: true,
+          },
+          output: {
+            ecma: 5,
+            comments: false,
+            // Turned on because emoji and regex is not minified properly using default
+            // https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues/2488
+            ascii_only: true,
+          },
+        },
+        // Use multi-process parallel running to improve the build speed
+        // Default number of concurrent runs: os.cpus().length - 1
+        parallel: true,
+        // Enable file caching
+        cache: true,
+        sourceMap: shouldUseSourceMap,
+      }),
+      new OptimizeCSSAssetsPlugin(),
+    ],
+    // Automatically split vendor and commons
+    // https://twitter.com/wSokra/status/969633336732905474
+    // https://medium.com/webpack/webpack-4-code-splitting-chunk-graph-and-the-splitchunks-optimization-be739a861366
+    splitChunks: {
+      chunks: 'all',
+      name: 'vendors',
+    },
+    // Keep the runtime chunk seperated to enable long term caching
+    // https://twitter.com/wSokra/status/969679223278505985
+    runtimeChunk: true,
+  },
   resolve: {
     // This allows you to set a fallback for where Webpack should look for modules.
     // We placed these paths second because we want `node_modules` to "win"
@@ -284,28 +309,18 @@ module.exports = {
               },
             ],
           },
-          // The notation here is somewhat confusing.
           // "postcss" loader applies autoprefixer to our CSS.
           // "css" loader resolves paths in CSS and adds assets as dependencies.
-          // "style" loader normally turns CSS into JS modules injecting <style>,
-          // but unlike in development configuration, we do something different.
-          // `ExtractTextPlugin` first applies the "postcss" and "css" loaders
-          // (second argument), then grabs the result CSS and puts it into a
-          // separate file in our build process. This way we actually ship
-          // a single CSS file in production instead of JS code injecting <style>
-          // tags. If you use code splitting, however, any async bundles will still
-          // use the "style" loader inside the async code so CSS from them won't be
-          // in the main CSS file.
+          // `MiniCSSExtractPlugin` extracts styles into CSS
+          // files. If you use code splitting, async bundles will have their own separate CSS chunk file.
           // By default we support CSS Modules with the extension .module.css
           {
             test: cssRegex,
             exclude: cssModuleRegex,
             loader: getStyleLoaders({
               importLoaders: 1,
-              minimize: true,
               sourceMap: shouldUseSourceMap,
             }),
-            // Note: this won't work without `new ExtractTextPlugin()` in `plugins`.
           },
           // Adds support for CSS Modules (https://github.com/css-modules/css-modules)
           // using the extension .module.css
@@ -313,12 +328,10 @@ module.exports = {
             test: cssModuleRegex,
             loader: getStyleLoaders({
               importLoaders: 1,
-              minimize: true,
               sourceMap: shouldUseSourceMap,
               modules: true,
               getLocalIdent: getCSSModuleLocalIdent,
             }),
-            // Note: this won't work without `new ExtractTextPlugin()` in `plugins`.
           },
           // Opt-in support for SASS. The logic here is somewhat similar
           // as in the CSS routine, except that "sass-loader" runs first
@@ -331,12 +344,10 @@ module.exports = {
             loader: getStyleLoaders(
               {
                 importLoaders: 2,
-                minimize: true,
                 sourceMap: shouldUseSourceMap,
               },
               'sass-loader'
             ),
-            // Note: this won't work without `new ExtractTextPlugin()` in `plugins`.
           },
           // Adds support for CSS Modules, but using SASS
           // using the extension .module.scss or .module.sass
@@ -345,14 +356,12 @@ module.exports = {
             loader: getStyleLoaders(
               {
                 importLoaders: 2,
-                minimize: true,
                 sourceMap: shouldUseSourceMap,
                 modules: true,
                 getLocalIdent: getCSSModuleLocalIdent,
               },
               'sass-loader'
             ),
-            // Note: this won't work without `new ExtractTextPlugin()` in `plugins`.
           },
           // The GraphQL loader preprocesses GraphQL queries in .graphql files.
           {
@@ -381,12 +390,6 @@ module.exports = {
     ],
   },
   plugins: [
-    // Makes some environment variables available in index.html.
-    // The public URL is available as %PUBLIC_URL% in index.html, e.g.:
-    // <link rel="shortcut icon" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon.ico">
-    // In production, it will be an empty string unless you specify "homepage"
-    // in `package.json`, in which case it will be the pathname of that URL.
-    new InterpolateHtmlPlugin(env.raw),
     // Generates an `index.html` file with the <script> injected.
     new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
       inject: true,
@@ -404,52 +407,22 @@ module.exports = {
         minifyURLs: true,
       },
     }),
+    // Makes some environment variables available in index.html.
+    // The public URL is available as %PUBLIC_URL% in index.html, e.g.:
+    // <link rel="shortcut icon" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon.ico">
+    // In production, it will be an empty string unless you specify "homepage"
+    // in `package.json`, in which case it will be the pathname of that URL.
+    new InterpolateHtmlPlugin(env.raw),
     // Makes some environment variables available to the JS code, for example:
     // if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') { ... }. See `./env.js`.
     // It is absolutely essential that NODE_ENV was set to production here.
     // Otherwise React will be compiled in the very slow development mode.
     new webpack.DefinePlugin(env.stringified),
-    // Minify the code.
-    new UglifyJsPlugin({
-      uglifyOptions: {
-        parse: {
-          // we want uglify-js to parse ecma 8 code. However, we don't want it
-          // to apply any minfication steps that turns valid ecma 5 code
-          // into invalid ecma 5 code. This is why the 'compress' and 'output'
-          // sections only apply transformations that are ecma 5 safe
-          // https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/pull/4234
-          ecma: 8,
-        },
-        compress: {
-          ecma: 5,
-          warnings: false,
-          // Disabled because of an issue with Uglify breaking seemingly valid code:
-          // https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues/2376
-          // Pending further investigation:
-          // https://github.com/mishoo/UglifyJS2/issues/2011
-          comparisons: false,
-        },
-        mangle: {
-          safari10: true,
-        },
-        output: {
-          ecma: 5,
-          comments: false,
-          // Turned on because emoji and regex is not minified properly using default
-          // https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues/2488
-          ascii_only: true,
-        },
-      },
-      // Use multi-process parallel running to improve the build speed
-      // Default number of concurrent runs: os.cpus().length - 1
-      parallel: true,
-      // Enable file caching
-      cache: true,
-      sourceMap: shouldUseSourceMap,
-    }),
-    // Note: this won't work without ExtractTextPlugin.extract(..) in `loaders`.
-    new ExtractTextPlugin({
-      filename: cssFilename,
+    new MiniCssExtractPlugin({
+      // Options similar to the same options in webpackOptions.output
+      // both options are optional
+      filename: 'static/css/[name].[contenthash:8].css',
+      chunkFilename: 'static/css/[name].[contenthash:8].chunk.css',
     }),
     // Generate a manifest file which contains a mapping of all asset filenames
     // to their corresponding output file so that tools can pick it up without
@@ -503,4 +476,7 @@ module.exports = {
     tls: 'empty',
     child_process: 'empty',
   },
+  // Turn off performance processing because we utilize
+  // our own hints via the FileSizeReporter
+  performance: false,
 };
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpackDevServer.config.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpackDevServer.config.js
index 74119d27f3..17dac9dc0f 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpackDevServer.config.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpackDevServer.config.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ module.exports = function(proxy, allowedHost) {
     // as we specified in the config. In development, we always serve from /.
     publicPath: config.output.publicPath,
     // WebpackDevServer is noisy by default so we emit custom message instead
-    // by listening to the compiler events with `compiler.plugin` calls above.
+    // by listening to the compiler events with `compiler.hooks[...].tap` calls above.
     quiet: true,
     // Reportedly, this avoids CPU overload on some systems.
     // https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues/293
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/package.json b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
index 43ea8b6aa0..ad886557f5 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
@@ -23,56 +23,57 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "7.0.0-beta.46",
     "@babel/runtime": "7.0.0-beta.46",
-    "autoprefixer": "7.2.5",
+    "autoprefixer": "8.5.0",
     "babel-core": "7.0.0-bridge.0",
-    "babel-eslint": "8.2.2",
-    "babel-jest": "22.4.1",
+    "babel-eslint": "8.2.3",
+    "babel-jest": "22.4.3",
     "babel-loader": "8.0.0-beta.0",
     "babel-plugin-named-asset-import": "^0.1.0",
     "babel-preset-react-app": "^3.1.1",
-    "case-sensitive-paths-webpack-plugin": "2.1.1",
-    "chalk": "2.3.0",
-    "css-loader": "0.28.9",
-    "dotenv": "5.0.0",
+    "case-sensitive-paths-webpack-plugin": "2.1.2",
+    "chalk": "2.4.1",
+    "css-loader": "0.28.11",
+    "dotenv": "5.0.1",
     "dotenv-expand": "4.2.0",
-    "eslint": "4.15.0",
+    "eslint": "4.19.1",
     "eslint-config-react-app": "^2.1.0",
-    "eslint-loader": "1.9.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-flowtype": "2.41.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-import": "2.8.0",
+    "eslint-loader": "2.0.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-flowtype": "2.46.3",
+    "eslint-plugin-import": "2.11.0",
     "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "6.0.3",
-    "eslint-plugin-react": "7.7.0",
-    "extract-text-webpack-plugin": "3.0.2",
-    "file-loader": "1.1.6",
+    "eslint-plugin-react": "7.8.2",
+    "file-loader": "1.1.11",
     "fs-extra": "5.0.0",
-    "graphql": "0.12.3",
-    "graphql-tag": "2.6.1",
-    "html-webpack-plugin": "2.30.1",
+    "graphql": "0.13.2",
+    "graphql-tag": "2.9.2",
+    "html-webpack-plugin": "3.2.0",
     "identity-obj-proxy": "3.0.0",
-    "jest": "22.4.1",
     "loader-utils": "^1.1.0",
+    "jest": "22.4.3",
+    "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^0.4.0",
     "object-assign": "4.1.1",
-    "postcss-flexbugs-fixes": "3.2.0",
-    "postcss-loader": "2.0.10",
+    "postcss-flexbugs-fixes": "3.3.1",
+    "optimize-css-assets-webpack-plugin": "^4.0.1",
+    "postcss-loader": "2.1.5",
     "promise": "8.0.1",
     "raf": "3.4.0",
     "react-dev-utils": "^5.0.0",
     "resolve": "1.6.0",
     "sass-loader": "7.0.1",
-    "style-loader": "0.19.1",
+    "style-loader": "0.21.0",
     "svgr": "1.9.2",
-    "sw-precache-webpack-plugin": "0.11.4",
-    "thread-loader": "1.1.2",
-    "uglifyjs-webpack-plugin": "1.1.6",
-    "url-loader": "0.6.2",
-    "webpack": "3.10.0",
-    "webpack-dev-server": "2.11.0",
-    "webpack-manifest-plugin": "1.3.2",
-    "whatwg-fetch": "2.0.3"
+    "sw-precache-webpack-plugin": "0.11.5",
+    "thread-loader": "1.1.5",
+    "uglifyjs-webpack-plugin": "1.2.5",
+    "url-loader": "1.0.1",
+    "webpack": "4.8.3",
+    "webpack-dev-server": "3.1.4",
+    "webpack-manifest-plugin": "2.0.2",
+    "whatwg-fetch": "2.0.4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "react": "^16.0.0",
-    "react-dom": "^16.0.0"
+    "react": "^16.3.2",
+    "react-dom": "^16.3.2"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
     "fsevents": "1.2.0"