diff --git a/.changeset/cyan-pots-wash.md b/.changeset/cyan-pots-wash.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e7b85cf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cyan-pots-wash.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"modular-scripts": patch
+---
+
+Bump webpack-dev-server from 4.8.0 to 4.8.1
diff --git a/packages/modular-scripts/package.json b/packages/modular-scripts/package.json
index d4b58b140..d822791d3 100644
--- a/packages/modular-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/modular-scripts/package.json
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     "update-notifier": "5.1.0",
     "url-loader": "4.1.1",
     "webpack": "4.46.0",
-    "webpack-dev-server": "4.8.0",
+    "webpack-dev-server": "4.8.1",
     "webpack-manifest-plugin": "2.2.0",
     "ws": "8.5.0"
   },
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 292d7899b..a71faf646 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -13273,10 +13273,10 @@ webpack-dev-middleware@^5.3.1:
     range-parser "^1.2.1"
     schema-utils "^4.0.0"
 
-webpack-dev-server@4.8.0:
-  version "4.8.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webpack-dev-server/-/webpack-dev-server-4.8.0.tgz#022bb845946e31ca01527509a942869ecfc7e047"
-  integrity sha512-yZ7OWVP1nOtv8s10R/ZCsH6zf6QKkNusMRBE9DsQbOknRzKaFYYrbwVPCXp8ynUOTt3RlD9szM8H0pUlrJ6wcw==
+webpack-dev-server@4.8.1:
+  version "4.8.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webpack-dev-server/-/webpack-dev-server-4.8.1.tgz#58f9d797710d6e25fa17d6afab8708f958c11a29"
+  integrity sha512-dwld70gkgNJa33czmcj/PlKY/nOy/BimbrgZRaR9vDATBQAYgLzggR0nxDtPLJiLrMgZwbE6RRfJ5vnBBasTyg==
   dependencies:
     "@types/bonjour" "^3.5.9"
     "@types/connect-history-api-fallback" "^1.3.5"