diff --git a/packages/react-dev-utils/ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin.js b/packages/react-dev-utils/ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..af728e84ff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-dev-utils/ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+var ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin = require('fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin');
+
+module.exports = ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin;
diff --git a/packages/react-dev-utils/WebpackDevServerUtils.js b/packages/react-dev-utils/WebpackDevServerUtils.js
index 67f6d4164f7..fbc6abc0519 100644
--- a/packages/react-dev-utils/WebpackDevServerUtils.js
+++ b/packages/react-dev-utils/WebpackDevServerUtils.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const clearConsole = require('./clearConsole');
 const formatWebpackMessages = require('./formatWebpackMessages');
 const getProcessForPort = require('./getProcessForPort');
 const typescriptFormatter = require('./typescriptFormatter');
-const forkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin = require('fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin');
+const forkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin = require('./ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin');
 
 const isInteractive = process.stdout.isTTY;
 
diff --git a/packages/react-dev-utils/package.json b/packages/react-dev-utils/package.json
index 75990a0efbe..ca7f00ab221 100644
--- a/packages/react-dev-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-dev-utils/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=6"
+    "node": ">=8.10"
   },
   "files": [
     "browsersHelper.js",
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "eslintFormatter.js",
     "evalSourceMapMiddleware.js",
     "FileSizeReporter.js",
+    "ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin.js",
     "formatWebpackMessages.js",
     "getCacheIdentifier.js",
     "getCSSModuleLocalIdent.js",
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@
     "escape-string-regexp": "1.0.5",
     "filesize": "3.6.1",
     "find-up": "3.0.0",
+    "fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin": "1.0.0-alpha.6",
     "global-modules": "2.0.0",
     "globby": "8.0.2",
     "gzip-size": "5.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js
index 9781875bd30..c650dc26c11 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const getCSSModuleLocalIdent = require('react-dev-utils/getCSSModuleLocalIdent')
 const paths = require('./paths');
 const getClientEnvironment = require('./env');
 const ModuleNotFoundPlugin = require('react-dev-utils/ModuleNotFoundPlugin');
-const ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin = require('fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin');
+const ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin = require('react-dev-utils/ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin');
 const typescriptFormatter = require('react-dev-utils/typescriptFormatter');
 // @remove-on-eject-begin
 const getCacheIdentifier = require('react-dev-utils/getCacheIdentifier');
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/package.json b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
index 2d6e0c55c04..b17fd14ce30 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "repository": "facebook/create-react-app",
   "license": "MIT",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=6"
+    "node": ">=8.10"
   },
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues"
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
     "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "6.1.2",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "7.12.4",
     "file-loader": "2.0.0",
-    "fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin": "1.0.0-alpha.6",
     "fs-extra": "7.0.1",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "4.0.0-alpha.2",
     "identity-obj-proxy": "3.0.0",