diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-react-app/index.js b/packages/eslint-config-react-app/index.js
index 9b687663da9..836dd5aa0ae 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-react-app/index.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-react-app/index.js
@@ -270,13 +270,18 @@ module.exports = {
     'jsx-a11y/accessible-emoji': 'warn',
     'jsx-a11y/alt-text': 'warn',
     'jsx-a11y/anchor-has-content': 'warn',
+    'jsx-a11y/anchor-is-valid': [
+      'warn',
+      {
+        aspects: ['noHref', 'invalidHref'],
+      },
+    ],
     'jsx-a11y/aria-activedescendant-has-tabindex': 'warn',
     'jsx-a11y/aria-props': 'warn',
     'jsx-a11y/aria-proptypes': 'warn',
     'jsx-a11y/aria-role': 'warn',
     'jsx-a11y/aria-unsupported-elements': 'warn',
     'jsx-a11y/heading-has-content': 'warn',
-    'jsx-a11y/href-no-hash': 'warn',
     'jsx-a11y/iframe-has-title': 'warn',
     'jsx-a11y/img-redundant-alt': 'warn',
     'jsx-a11y/no-access-key': 'warn',
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-react-app/package.json b/packages/eslint-config-react-app/package.json
index 915509069e7..4c7172f8a82 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-react-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-react-app/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "eslint": "^4.1.1",
     "eslint-plugin-flowtype": "^2.34.1",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.6.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "^5.1.1",
+    "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "^6.0.2",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.1.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-error-overlay/package.json b/packages/react-error-overlay/package.json
index 8dc0088f1b0..37feaa199d2 100644
--- a/packages/react-error-overlay/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-error-overlay/package.json
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "eslint-config-react-app": "^2.0.1",
     "eslint-plugin-flowtype": "2.35.0",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "2.7.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "5.1.1",
+    "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "6.0.2",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "7.1.0",
     "flow-bin": "^0.63.1",
     "html-entities": "1.2.1",
diff --git a/packages/react-error-overlay/src/containers/CompileErrorContainer.js b/packages/react-error-overlay/src/containers/CompileErrorContainer.js
index 9d1e399fd10..3e9d4611860 100644
--- a/packages/react-error-overlay/src/containers/CompileErrorContainer.js
+++ b/packages/react-error-overlay/src/containers/CompileErrorContainer.js
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ class CompileErrorContainer extends PureComponent<Props, void> {
     return (
       <ErrorOverlay>
         <Header headerText="Failed to compile" />
-        <a
+        <div
           onClick={
             canOpenInEditor && errLoc ? () => editorHandler(errLoc) : null
           }
           style={canOpenInEditor ? codeAnchorStyle : null}
         >
           <CodeBlock main={true} codeHTML={generateAnsiHTML(error)} />
-        </a>
+        </div>
         <Footer line1="This error occurred during the build time and cannot be dismissed." />
       </ErrorOverlay>
     );
diff --git a/packages/react-error-overlay/src/containers/StackFrame.js b/packages/react-error-overlay/src/containers/StackFrame.js
index 9ae9104343e..502b6ff759e 100644
--- a/packages/react-error-overlay/src/containers/StackFrame.js
+++ b/packages/react-error-overlay/src/containers/StackFrame.js
@@ -161,23 +161,23 @@ class StackFrame extends Component<Props, State> {
       <div>
         <div>{functionName}</div>
         <div style={linkStyle}>
-          <a
+          <span
             style={canOpenInEditor ? anchorStyle : null}
             onClick={canOpenInEditor ? this.editorHandler : null}
             onKeyDown={canOpenInEditor ? this.onKeyDown : null}
             tabIndex={canOpenInEditor ? '0' : null}
           >
             {url}
-          </a>
+          </span>
         </div>
         {codeBlockProps && (
           <span>
-            <a
+            <span
               onClick={canOpenInEditor ? this.editorHandler : null}
               style={canOpenInEditor ? codeAnchorStyle : null}
             >
               <CodeBlock {...codeBlockProps} />
-            </a>
+            </span>
             <button style={toggleStyle} onClick={this.toggleCompiled}>
               {'View ' + (compiled ? 'source' : 'compiled')}
             </button>
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/package.json b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
index 4b64367eeb7..04d294bc2e4 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "eslint-loader": "1.9.0",
     "eslint-plugin-flowtype": "2.39.1",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "2.8.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "5.1.1",
+    "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "6.0.2",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "7.4.0",
     "extract-text-webpack-plugin": "3.0.2",
     "file-loader": "1.1.5",