diff --git a/packages/gatsby/package.json b/packages/gatsby/package.json
index 204f82960ebae..4e451ccd4ad3a 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby/package.json
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
     "url-loader": "^1.0.1",
     "uuid": "^3.1.0",
     "v8-compile-cache": "^1.1.0",
-    "webpack": "^4.12.0",
+    "webpack": "^5.0.0",
     "webpack-dev-middleware": "^3.0.1",
     "webpack-dev-server": "^3.1.1",
     "webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.21.0",