diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/package.json b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
index 9bd22461fed..d824eb07f8d 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "react": "^16.0.0",
     "react-dom": "^16.0.0",
-    "react-hot-loader": "next",
+    "react-hot-loader": "^3.1.3",
     "normalize.css": "^7.0.0"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/scripts/init.js b/packages/react-scripts/scripts/init.js
index de0faf0e6c2..811e44f8e9f 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/scripts/init.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/scripts/init.js
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ module.exports = function(
     command = 'npm';
     args = ['install', '--save', verbose && '--verbose'].filter(e => e);
   }
-  args.push('react', 'react-dom', 'react-hot-loader@next', 'normalize.css');
+  args.push('react', 'react-dom', 'react-hot-loader@^3.1.3', 'normalize.css');
 
   // Install additional template dependencies, if present
   const templateDependenciesPath = path.join(