diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/package.json b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
index 7d8e2ca4035..3f276e34778 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "fs-extra": "7.0.1",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "4.0.0-alpha.2",
     "identity-obj-proxy": "3.0.0",
-    "jest": "24.0.0",
+    "jest": "26.0.0",
     "jest-pnp-resolver": "1.0.2",
     "jest-resolve": "23.6.0",
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "0.4.3",