diff --git a/.babelrc b/.babelrc
index 15d27ad9b4..8eb3668dd1 100644
--- a/.babelrc
+++ b/.babelrc
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "stage": 0,
-  "loose": "all"
+  "presets": ["stage-0", "es2015-loose"]
 }
diff --git a/examples/async/.babelrc b/examples/async/.babelrc
index b110a8d13a..7104895017 100644
--- a/examples/async/.babelrc
+++ b/examples/async/.babelrc
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 {
-  "stage": 2,
+  "presets": ["es2015","stage-2", "react"],
   "env": {
     "development": {
       "plugins": [
-        "react-transform"
-      ],
-      "extra": {
-        "react-transform": {
-          "transforms": [{
-            "transform": "react-transform-hmr",
-            "imports": ["react"],
-            "locals":  ["module"]
-          }]
-        }
-      }
+        [
+          "react-transform", {
+            "transforms": [{
+              "transform": "react-transform-hmr",
+              "imports": ["react"],
+              "locals": ["module"]
+            }]
+          }
+        ]
+      ]
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/async/index.js b/examples/async/index.js
index 8d134df252..12bcb25c37 100644
--- a/examples/async/index.js
+++ b/examples/async/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import 'babel-core/polyfill'
+import 'babel-polyfill'
 import React from 'react'
 import { render } from 'react-dom'
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux'
diff --git a/examples/async/package.json b/examples/async/package.json
index 49beb20fb8..561be0f8af 100644
--- a/examples/async/package.json
+++ b/examples/async/package.json
@@ -35,13 +35,17 @@
     "redux-thunk": "^0.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "babel-core": "^5.6.18",
-    "babel-loader": "^5.1.4",
-    "babel-plugin-react-transform": "^1.1.0",
+    "babel-polyfill": "^6.3.14",
+    "babel-core": "^6.3.15",
+    "babel-loader": "^6.2.0",
+    "babel-plugin-react-transform": "^2.0.0-beta1",
+    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.3.13",
+    "babel-preset-react": "^6.3.13",
+    "babel-preset-stage-2": "^6.3.13",
     "expect": "^1.6.0",
     "express": "^4.13.3",
     "node-libs-browser": "^0.5.2",
-    "react-transform-hmr": "^1.0.0",
+    "react-transform-hmr": "^1.0.1",
     "webpack": "^1.9.11",
     "webpack-dev-middleware": "^1.2.0",
     "webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.2.0"
diff --git a/examples/counter/.babelrc b/examples/counter/.babelrc
index b110a8d13a..7104895017 100644
--- a/examples/counter/.babelrc
+++ b/examples/counter/.babelrc
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 {
-  "stage": 2,
+  "presets": ["es2015","stage-2", "react"],
   "env": {
     "development": {
       "plugins": [
-        "react-transform"
-      ],
-      "extra": {
-        "react-transform": {
-          "transforms": [{
-            "transform": "react-transform-hmr",
-            "imports": ["react"],
-            "locals":  ["module"]
-          }]
-        }
-      }
+        [
+          "react-transform", {
+            "transforms": [{
+              "transform": "react-transform-hmr",
+              "imports": ["react"],
+              "locals": ["module"]
+            }]
+          }
+        ]
+      ]
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/counter/package.json b/examples/counter/package.json
index 134c195db7..e7c00fc43f 100644
--- a/examples/counter/package.json
+++ b/examples/counter/package.json
@@ -24,9 +24,12 @@
     "redux-thunk": "^0.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "babel-core": "^5.6.18",
-    "babel-loader": "^5.1.4",
-    "babel-plugin-react-transform": "^1.1.0",
+    "babel-core": "^6.3.15",
+    "babel-loader": "^6.2.0",
+    "babel-plugin-react-transform": "^2.0.0-beta1",
+    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.3.13",
+    "babel-preset-react": "^6.3.13",
+    "babel-preset-stage-2": "^6.3.13",
     "expect": "^1.6.0",
     "express": "^4.13.3",
     "jsdom": "^5.6.1",
diff --git a/examples/real-world/.babelrc b/examples/real-world/.babelrc
index b110a8d13a..7104895017 100644
--- a/examples/real-world/.babelrc
+++ b/examples/real-world/.babelrc
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 {
-  "stage": 2,
+  "presets": ["es2015","stage-2", "react"],
   "env": {
     "development": {
       "plugins": [
-        "react-transform"
-      ],
-      "extra": {
-        "react-transform": {
-          "transforms": [{
-            "transform": "react-transform-hmr",
-            "imports": ["react"],
-            "locals":  ["module"]
-          }]
-        }
-      }
+        [
+          "react-transform", {
+            "transforms": [{
+              "transform": "react-transform-hmr",
+              "imports": ["react"],
+              "locals": ["module"]
+            }]
+          }
+        ]
+      ]
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/real-world/index.js b/examples/real-world/index.js
index bad6387fc6..3a8de9d2ef 100644
--- a/examples/real-world/index.js
+++ b/examples/real-world/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import 'babel-core/polyfill'
+import 'babel-polyfill'
 import React from 'react'
 import { render } from 'react-dom'
 import Root from './containers/Root'
diff --git a/examples/real-world/package.json b/examples/real-world/package.json
index 0e0e11c2c5..5108527348 100644
--- a/examples/real-world/package.json
+++ b/examples/real-world/package.json
@@ -30,9 +30,13 @@
     "redux-thunk": "^0.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "babel-core": "^5.6.18",
-    "babel-loader": "^5.1.4",
-    "babel-plugin-react-transform": "^1.1.0",
+    "babel-polyfill": "^6.3.14",
+    "babel-core": "^6.3.15",
+    "babel-loader": "^6.2.0",
+    "babel-plugin-react-transform": "^2.0.0-beta1",
+    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.3.13",
+    "babel-preset-react": "^6.3.13",
+    "babel-preset-stage-2": "^6.3.13",
     "concurrently": "^0.1.1",
     "express": "^4.13.3",
     "react-transform-hmr": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/examples/shopping-cart/.babelrc b/examples/shopping-cart/.babelrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7104895017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/shopping-cart/.babelrc
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "presets": ["es2015","stage-2", "react"],
+  "env": {
+    "development": {
+      "plugins": [
+        [
+          "react-transform", {
+            "transforms": [{
+              "transform": "react-transform-hmr",
+              "imports": ["react"],
+              "locals": ["module"]
+            }]
+          }
+        ]
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/shopping-cart/package.json b/examples/shopping-cart/package.json
index e45da48dda..5fbd925047 100644
--- a/examples/shopping-cart/package.json
+++ b/examples/shopping-cart/package.json
@@ -22,11 +22,15 @@
     "redux-thunk": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "babel-core": "^5.6.18",
-    "babel-loader": "^5.1.4",
-    "babel-plugin-react-transform": "^1.0.3",
+    "babel-core": "^6.3.15",
+    "babel-loader": "^6.2.0",
+    "babel-plugin-react-transform": "^2.0.0-beta1",
+    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.3.13",
+    "babel-preset-react": "^6.3.13",
+    "babel-preset-stage-2": "^6.3.13",
     "express": "^4.13.3",
     "json-loader": "^0.5.3",
+    "react-transform-hmr": "^1.0.0",
     "redux-logger": "^2.0.1",
     "webpack": "^1.9.11",
     "webpack-dev-middleware": "^1.2.0",
diff --git a/examples/todomvc/.babelrc b/examples/todomvc/.babelrc
index b110a8d13a..a23b5c9953 100644
--- a/examples/todomvc/.babelrc
+++ b/examples/todomvc/.babelrc
@@ -1,19 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "stage": 2,
-  "env": {
-    "development": {
-      "plugins": [
-        "react-transform"
-      ],
-      "extra": {
-        "react-transform": {
-          "transforms": [{
-            "transform": "react-transform-hmr",
-            "imports": ["react"],
-            "locals":  ["module"]
-          }]
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
+  "presets": ["es2015","stage-2", "react"]
 }
diff --git a/examples/todomvc/index.js b/examples/todomvc/index.js
index dcc36c5b6b..988cc99ccd 100644
--- a/examples/todomvc/index.js
+++ b/examples/todomvc/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import 'babel-core/polyfill'
+import 'babel-polyfill'
 import React from 'react'
 import { render } from 'react-dom'
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux'
diff --git a/examples/todomvc/package.json b/examples/todomvc/package.json
index cb83e3b5b0..6fb2c26638 100644
--- a/examples/todomvc/package.json
+++ b/examples/todomvc/package.json
@@ -24,9 +24,13 @@
     "redux": "^3.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "babel-core": "^5.6.18",
-    "babel-loader": "^5.1.4",
-    "babel-plugin-react-transform": "^1.1.0",
+    "babel-polyfill": "^6.3.14",
+    "babel-core": "^6.3.15",
+    "babel-loader": "^6.2.0",
+    "babel-plugin-react-transform": "^2.0.0-beta1",
+    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.3.13",
+    "babel-preset-react": "^6.3.13",
+    "babel-preset-stage-2": "^6.3.13",
     "expect": "^1.8.0",
     "express": "^4.13.3",
     "jsdom": "^5.6.1",
diff --git a/examples/todos-with-undo/.babelrc b/examples/todos-with-undo/.babelrc
index b110a8d13a..7104895017 100644
--- a/examples/todos-with-undo/.babelrc
+++ b/examples/todos-with-undo/.babelrc
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 {
-  "stage": 2,
+  "presets": ["es2015","stage-2", "react"],
   "env": {
     "development": {
       "plugins": [
-        "react-transform"
-      ],
-      "extra": {
-        "react-transform": {
-          "transforms": [{
-            "transform": "react-transform-hmr",
-            "imports": ["react"],
-            "locals":  ["module"]
-          }]
-        }
-      }
+        [
+          "react-transform", {
+            "transforms": [{
+              "transform": "react-transform-hmr",
+              "imports": ["react"],
+              "locals": ["module"]
+            }]
+          }
+        ]
+      ]
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/todos-with-undo/package.json b/examples/todos-with-undo/package.json
index 7cefb7ffce..08e4a3f592 100644
--- a/examples/todos-with-undo/package.json
+++ b/examples/todos-with-undo/package.json
@@ -23,9 +23,12 @@
     "redux-undo": "^0.5.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "babel-core": "^5.6.18",
-    "babel-loader": "^5.1.4",
-    "babel-plugin-react-transform": "^1.1.0",
+    "babel-core": "^6.3.15",
+    "babel-loader": "^6.2.0",
+    "babel-plugin-react-transform": "^2.0.0-beta1",
+    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.3.13",
+    "babel-preset-react": "^6.3.13",
+    "babel-preset-stage-2": "^6.3.13",
     "expect": "^1.6.0",
     "express": "^4.13.3",
     "node-libs-browser": "^0.5.2",
diff --git a/examples/universal/.babelrc b/examples/universal/.babelrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dfc45b13da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/universal/.babelrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  presets: ["es2015","stage-2", "react"]  
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/universal/client/index.js b/examples/universal/client/index.js
index d7137099c6..16d2b5cd53 100644
--- a/examples/universal/client/index.js
+++ b/examples/universal/client/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import 'babel-core/polyfill'
+import 'babel-polyfill'
 import React from 'react'
 import { render } from 'react-dom'
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux'
diff --git a/examples/universal/package.json b/examples/universal/package.json
index 767e28e89a..8c8bc92232 100644
--- a/examples/universal/package.json
+++ b/examples/universal/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "http://rackt.github.io/redux",
   "dependencies": {
-    "babel": "^5.8.21",
+    "babel": "^6.3.13",
     "express": "^4.13.3",
     "qs": "^4.0.0",
     "react": "^0.14.0",
@@ -26,13 +26,17 @@
     "serve-static": "^1.10.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "babel-core": "^5.8.22",
-    "babel-loader": "^5.3.2",
-    "babel-plugin-react-transform": "^1.1.0",
-    "babel-runtime": "^5.8.20",
+    "babel-core": "^6.3.15",
+    "babel-loader": "^6.2.0",
+    "babel-plugin-react-transform": "^2.0.0-beta1",
+    "babel-polyfill": "^6.3.14",
+    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.3.13",
+    "babel-preset-react": "^6.3.13",
+    "babel-preset-stage-2": "^6.3.13",
+    "babel-runtime": "^6.3.13",
     "react-transform-hmr": "^1.0.0",
     "webpack": "^1.11.0",
-    "webpack-dev-middleware": "^1.2.0",
-    "webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.2.0"
+    "webpack-dev-middleware": "^1.4.0",
+    "webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.6.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/universal/server/index.js b/examples/universal/server/index.js
index 44fee93658..ef4fa33355 100644
--- a/examples/universal/server/index.js
+++ b/examples/universal/server/index.js
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-require('babel/register')
+require('babel-core/register')
 require('./server')
diff --git a/examples/universal/webpack.config.js b/examples/universal/webpack.config.js
index 13318161f3..1710fabd40 100644
--- a/examples/universal/webpack.config.js
+++ b/examples/universal/webpack.config.js
@@ -25,27 +25,17 @@ module.exports = {
         exclude: /node_modules/,
         include: __dirname,
         query: {
-          optional: [ 'runtime' ],
-          stage: 2,
-          env: {
-            development: {
-              plugins: [
-                'react-transform'
-              ],
-              extra: {
-                'react-transform': {
-                  transforms: [
-                    {
-                      transform:  'react-transform-hmr',
-                      imports: [ 'react' ],
-                      locals:  [ 'module' ]
-                    }
-                  ]
-                }
-              }
+          plugins: [
+          [
+            "react-transform", {
+              transforms: [{
+                transform: "react-transform-hmr",
+                imports: ["react"],
+                locals: ["module"]
+              }]
             }
-          }
-        }
+          ]
+        ]}
       }
     ]
   }
@@ -63,6 +53,6 @@ if (fs.existsSync(reduxSrc) && fs.existsSync(reduxNodeModules)) {
   module.exports.module.loaders.push({
     test: /\.js$/,
     loaders: [ 'babel' ],
-    include: reduxSrc
+    include: reduxSrc,
   })
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 552a876290..6c0b90b0bf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "clean": "rimraf lib dist coverage",
     "lint": "eslint src test examples",
-    "test": "mocha --compilers js:babel/register --recursive",
+    "test": "mocha --compilers js:babel-register --recursive",
     "test:watch": "npm test -- --watch",
     "test:cov": "babel-node $(npm bin)/isparta cover $(npm bin)/_mocha -- --recursive",
     "test:examples": "babel-node examples/testAll.js",
@@ -59,16 +59,19 @@
   },
   "homepage": "http://rackt.github.io/redux",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "babel": "^5.5.8",
-    "babel-core": "^5.6.18",
-    "babel-eslint": "^4.1.0",
-    "babel-loader": "^5.1.4",
+    "babel-cli": "^6.3.15",
+    "babel-core": "^6.3.15",
+    "babel-eslint": "^4.1.6",
+    "babel-loader": "^6.2.0",
+    "babel-preset-es2015-loose": "^6.1.3",
+    "babel-preset-stage-0": "^6.3.13",
+    "babel-register": "^6.3.13",
     "eslint": "^1.7.1",
     "eslint-config-rackt": "1.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^3.6.3",
     "expect": "^1.8.0",
     "gitbook-cli": "^0.3.4",
-    "isparta": "^3.0.3",
+    "isparta": "^4.0.0",
     "mocha": "^2.2.5",
     "rimraf": "^2.3.4",
     "webpack": "^1.9.6"