diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-sass/package.json b/packages/gatsby-plugin-sass/package.json
index 4a0911011988b..46bf0f8ddfd1c 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-plugin-sass/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby-plugin-sass/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "babel-runtime": "^6.26.0",
     "gatsby-1-config-css-modules": "^1.0.11",
     "gatsby-1-config-extract-plugin": "^1.0.3",
-    "node-sass": "^4.5.2",
+    "node-sass": "^5.0.0",
     "sass-loader": "^4.1.1",
     "webpack": "^1.13.3"
   },