diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/package.json b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
index e5008ca406d..76dfbb84df8 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     "style-loader": "0.21.0",
     "svgr": "1.9.2",
     "sw-precache-webpack-plugin": "0.11.5",
-    "thread-loader": "1.1.5",
+    "thread-loader": "2.1.1",
     "uglifyjs-webpack-plugin": "1.2.5",
     "url-loader": "1.0.1",
     "webpack": "4.8.3",